May 9, 2012
"All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume."

— Noam Chomsky  (via sol-psych)

(Source: emergentpattern, via sol-psych)

12:56pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyLAoT7K
(Notes: 38)
  
Filed under: noam chomsky consumerism 
April 11, 2012
"Karl Marx argued that religion was the opiate of the masses, but religion has largely faded in its effect in this regard. Perhaps the new opiate of the masses is material consumption, delivered to us all without regard for ideology."

— Paul Gilding (via malthusiancynicism)

(via discosherpa)

1:39pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyJUvrFF
(Notes: 18)
  
Filed under: marx consumerism ideology religion paul gilding 
January 30, 2012
"it is absolutely ridiculous to pretend that pornography doesn’t impact people and culture and lives. Movies impact people and culture and lives. So does advertising. So does television. People buy things because TV tells them to. True story. Razors are not a necessity. Neither is wrinkle cream. I have both of those things! Why? The TV told me I needed them. This isn’t to say that people don’t have agency in terms of buying into consumer culture or porn culture, to a certain extent, but it is to say that these industries permeate the psyches of who are exposed to them."

— The world according to porn | The F Word (via discosherpa)

(via discosherpa)

10:22pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyFfugQK
(Notes: 20)
  
Filed under: porn pornography advertisingt tv consumerism 
January 16, 2012
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas”: 1994 vs 2011 » Sociological Images

discosherpa:

“Stressing remarkable differences between the two, Rachel and Lucy sent in the music videos for the original Mariah Carey version of ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’(1994) and the re-make (2011).  They suggested that the comparison reveals two trends: the rising emphasis placed on consumption and the new hyper-sexualization.  I figured, ‘yeah, I’ll bet they’re onto something there.’ And boy were they.”

8:16pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyEvDE3D
(Notes: 9)
  
Filed under: objectification porn culture mariah carey justin bieber consumerism