Consumerists are slaves with white collars. Advertisements have them chasing cars and clothes, working jobs they hate so they can buy shit they don't need. They are the middle children of history. No purpose or place. They have no great war, or great depression. Their great war should be a spiritual war. Their great depression is their lives. Raised by television to believe that one day they'll all be millionaires , movie gods and rock stars. But they won't.
All you read and..
Wear or see and..
Hear on TV..
Is a product..
Begging.. for your..
Fatass.. dirty..
Dollar.
Wear or see and..
Hear on TV..
Is a product..
Begging.. for your..
Fatass.. dirty..
Dollar.
by Tyler Durden April 22, 2004
by honeylicker December 21, 2003
bob: "did you see the hippies over there ranting about 'consumerism'?"
jake: "yeah, last week they were ranting on about some revolutionary crap"
jake: "yeah, last week they were ranting on about some revolutionary crap"
by socialistcrusher August 27, 2008
bob: "did you see the hippies over there ranting about 'consumerism'?"
jake: "yeah, last week they were ranting on about some revolutionary crap"
jake: "yeah, last week they were ranting on about some revolutionary crap"
by socialistcrusher August 27, 2008
a term coined by Bruce Levine to describe the mindset of a group of people who "are singularly attached to cheap stuff."
The term describes a culture that "creates increasing material expectations" that often can not be satiated, "devalues human connectedness," "socializes people to be self-absorbed and selfish," "obliterates self-reliance," "alienates people from normal human emotional reactions" and "sells false hope that creates more pain."
The term describes a culture that "creates increasing material expectations" that often can not be satiated, "devalues human connectedness," "socializes people to be self-absorbed and selfish," "obliterates self-reliance," "alienates people from normal human emotional reactions" and "sells false hope that creates more pain."
Fundamentalist Consumerism is demonstrated en-mass on every Black Friday. On Long Island, NY in 2008, Wal-Mart employee Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death by customers stampeding into the store when the doors were opened. Police attempting to clear the scene were met with hostile reactions from customers, some insisting that they "had been waiting in line since yesterday morning" to get into the store. Fundamentalist Consumerism devalues all life in pursuit of 'stuff.'
by thewakebehindyou August 01, 2011
A counterculture/counterideology that opposes lavish consumerism. The ideas of anti-consumerism are mostly adopted by two seperate schools of thought: environmentalists and critical theorists.
Anti-consumerism implies being against the increasing development of shopping centers, shopping holidays such as black friday, and other forms of mindless capitalistic entertainment.
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian August 15, 2021
An addictive cultural state of mind and action that some humans fall prey to by way of media marketing, and in particular, social media influencers inundating them with messages to buy consumer goods and services, often preceded by a high before and after the purchase, and often followed by a feeling of emptiness until the next fix.
Unaware, Fred and Wilma became soul-less and addicted to the risks of crack consumerism by social media influencers suggesting to them to buy things they either did not need, nor could afford.
by Psychotrumpic March 14, 2021