sugar_referee
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I really don't buy this thesis that the consumerist paymasters are skewing us all into lazy, will-less Fritomunchers. The level of general education, demonstrations, popularist anger at injustice etc has never been higher in most parts of the world.
Part of the reason for this is obviously the huge increase and ease of access to information people have these days.
Why do people always assume that other people are brainwashed? It smacks of arrogance : " we're the only ones who really know!"
People are smarter than ever before, and more ready to question. Think of the 50's, for fucks sake. Just because consumerism is a problem doesn't mean it's not a smaller problem than , say, no one knowing anything about what's going on in China, which is how it would be if we didn't all buy the internets...
Part of the reason for this is obviously the huge increase and ease of access to information people have these days.
Why do people always assume that other people are brainwashed? It smacks of arrogance : " we're the only ones who really know!"
People are smarter than ever before, and more ready to question. Think of the 50's, for fucks sake. Just because consumerism is a problem doesn't mean it's not a smaller problem than , say, no one knowing anything about what's going on in China, which is how it would be if we didn't all buy the internets...