"In a business culture that sees its role as selling to the consumer something it doesn't need to produce its profit, deception becomes a necessity. Calling the present disaster a 'strong economy' presumes you the consumer will allow yourself to be given dirt and believe it's gold.
"When we are cajoled to buy products because they supposedly will increase our feeling of self-worth, not because they are a good value, we as consumers have been reduced to ignorant slaves. We are caricatured as having no judgment, but only ego needs, and are a commodity to be used and discarded."
There's some things in this blog post I don't agree with – I think it's a reach to compare modern-day consumers with 16th-19th-century slaves – but the gist of it is on the money, in my opinion.
More here.
(The preceding quote touches, as you may know, on one of my favorite themes, which is that is you feel that your self worth is dependent on what you buy, or what you wear, or what you drive, or where you live, you're thinking exactly the way these mf's want you to think.)
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