A broke man’s lover doesn’t feel ‘loved’ on her Birthday, Christmas, and, on Valentine’s Day.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: money marriage relationships christmas consumerism dating presents materialism gifts birthday finances valentine-s-day
If I were asked to name the deadliest subversive force within capitalism--the single greatest source of its waning morality--I should without hesitation name advertising. How else should one identify a force that debases language, drains thought, and undoes dignity? If the barrage of advertising, unchanged in its tone and texture, were devoted to some other purpose--say the exaltation of the public sector--it would be recognized in a moment for the corrosive element that it is. But as the voice of the private sector it escapes this startled notice. I mention it only to point out that a deep source of moral decay for capitalism arises from its own doings, not from that of its governing institutions.
Robert L. HellbronerTag: communication capitalism advertising consumerism media marketing
Life punishes those who have things in abundance by making them worry about petty things like: what to wear, or, which car to drive.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: rich consumerism worry materialism drive clothes automobile car poor scarcity abundance
Once employed, the employed's friends are reduced to creatures that he only sees when he has a new problem, or, something new to show off.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: friendship consumerism materialism problem employment hardship show-off employee rough-patch
Whoever that came up with the idea of people having to have 'a dream' sure knew how to keep these creatures called human beings preoccupied.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: ambition dream consumerism greed materialism preoccupation
I became one of those anonymous Americans who tries to keep his mind sharp and inquisitive while performing all the humiliating rituals of the middle class
Pat ConroyTag: conformity curiosity consumerism
I am obsessed with not being obsessed with acquiring material things.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: consumerism materialism obsession
Generally, people need less than a quarter of what they want.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: consumerism greed materialism wants needs glutony
Ownership breeds slavery: with every single thing that you acquire, comes a new worry of not losing that thing.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: loss consumerism materialism slavery ownership
Don’t obsess over having the 'latest' version of a product. For there was a time that the previous version was the latest.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTag: consumerism materialism marketing
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