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Consumerism: Survival of the Fittest?

Wednesday, 20 May 2009 8:43 A GMT+01

Why we do compulsively shop — and how can we stop? Geoffrey Miller has some answers about our obsessions for brand names and about what he calls the fundamental consumerist delusion: that people will treat us differently if we buy the right stuff.

Anti-Consumerism: Credit-Card Crucifix

Friday, 10 April 2009 9:39 A GMT+01

Ming takes the American Express, Discover, Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa logos and arranges them on a white canvas in the form a crucifix. He calls the sculpture "Credit Crucifix." It is a statement oo American's dependence on consumerism.

America Suffers Credit Withdrawal Disorder

Tuesday, 31 March 2009 8:45 A GMT+01

Slowly, signs are emerging that suggest the recent months of economic free fall and attendant angst have gotten our attention. Luxury shopping — goods bought at places like Coach and Neiman Marcus — was down 19.2 per cent in February from a year ago.

The 'Green' Revolution: Camouflaging Consumerism

Tuesday, 24 March 2009 9:11 A GMT+01

It's impossible to shake the lurking suspicion that these demonstrative efforts to become 'green' lack the depth to be more than a passing fad and may be instead a means of simply camouflaging a new type of consumerism.

Barbie: Capitalism's Icon

Friday, 20 March 2009 9:59 A GMT+01

Fifty years old, Barbie is an American icon, a glittering symbol of capitalism. The teen fashion model who travels the world in lush prosperity, never thinking of how her prosperity is acquired. She is a teaching tool for mass consumption.

Crisis, Credit & Consumerism

Tuesday, 10 March 2009 9:51 A GMT+01

To get out of this “crisis,” the experts squeeze their brains and the solution is always the same: increase consumption. Ironically, by lending regular people their own money through the big private banks that receive rescue aid from the government.

Consumer Culture: Disposable Capitalism

Tuesday, 10 March 2009 9:45 A GMT+01

Consumerism is the nadir of capitalism. That insatiable appetite has little or nothing to do with progress toward a possible and yet improbable post-scarcity, hunger-free era, and everything to do with the more primitive era of greed and gluttony.

We Have to Face a Lower Standard of Living

Wednesday, 25 February 2009 9:54 A GMT+01

In the folder marked "unsustainable" you can file most of the habits, and expectations of the 'American Way': suburban living, credit-card spending, Happy Motoring, vacations in Las Vegas, college education for the masses, and cheap food among them.

Fuck Consumerism!

Thursday, 5 February 2009 9:49 A GMT+01

While people can resist the cheap-stuff propaganda and not worship at Wal-Mart, Ikea, and other big-box cathedrals, avoiding the mobs of fundamentalist consumers—it is difficult to protect oneself from the slow death caused by consumer culture.

Corporate Feudalism: Work, Consume, Die

Wednesday, 4 February 2009 10:01 A GMT+01

So long as the television commercials allow a flickering image of lounge chairs, cool drinks, and palm-sheltered beaches, our minds are in no danger of corruption, For 'civilized' man a vacation is no more than a gesture, a tawdry reward for toil.

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Obama Comes Clean: "Sorry, Folks. We're Fucked"

Monday, 2 February 2009 9:45 A GMT+01

What we are now seeing is the beginning of an inevitable downward adjustment in American living standards to conform with our actual place in the world. America, and individual Americans, have been living profligately for years in an unreal economy

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Do Women Promote Themselves As Sex Objects?

Wednesday, 14 January 2009 9:55 A GMT+01

Why do adolescent boys masturbate furiously and adolescent girls don't? That might go some way to explaining the male mindset. The female mindset seems to be one of pleasuring/gratifying men by arousing them. Maybe female desire is to be desired.

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Consumerism: A Conditioned Response

Tuesday, 23 December 2008 10:12 A GMT+01

Advertising companies, celebrity spokespersons, movies and TV shows conspire to render the consumer object - be it a $2 ice cream cone or an $80,000 luxury sedan - into a fetish imbued with magical, if not downright divine, powers.

The Death of Living on Credit

Friday, 19 December 2008 9:56 A GMT+01

Marketers even coined the odious term "aspirational consumer" to describe people who wanted to live rich. This over-the-head lifestyle was fueled by credit cards during a quarter-century of what is frequently referred to as competitive consumption.

Economic Depression & "Survival Panic"

Thursday, 18 December 2008 10:04 A GMT+01

Mental health experts expect a rise in theft, depression, drug use, anxiety and even violence as consumers confront a harsh new reality - they're poorer. People see their economic situation change, and it stimulates a sort of survival panic.

Wealthy Shoppers Hide Their Conspicuous Consumption in "White Bags"

Wednesday, 17 December 2008 10:12 A GMT+01

Kathleen Fuld, whose husband is fallen Lehman Bros. CEO Richard Fuld, was seen at one of her favorite retailers, Hermès. She was concealing her pricey purchases in a generic white bag instead of the luxury retailer’s trademark orange tote.

Sex Photos [3x3]: Jen, Lilly & Helena

Thursday, 11 December 2008 10:11 A GMT+01

Consumer culture is like sexual frustration, forever setting us up for some kind of delicious orgasmic satisfaction but always falling short of a climax. We always wants more but never fully our rocks off. It's anticipation without fulfillment.

Gross Consumerism: Enough Is Never Enough

Monday, 8 December 2008 10:09 A GMT+01

Rampant consumer culture inevitably leads to “circumstances that are exploitative of workers” and exerts negative psychological pressures on shoppers, leading them to make decisions that are financially harmful or even disastrous.

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