“Thanks to the #algorithmic tracking of demand and the algorithmic delivery of supply, #digitalmedia has for the last twenty years promoted an ideal of perfect #form—not a Platonic ideal but a #consumerist one.” open.substack.com/pub/newcarto...
#EndGDP we should not even report it.
#MedianGDPPPP is still a #consumerist measure. Based on #consumerprice list ideology that don't even take into account basic differences like #urban vs #rural or #Vegan vs #carnist that make absolutely drastic differences in what we "consume".
#greenEconomics
as long as the wealthy, which is a good part of us white people, do not change their #consumerist, #extractivist, #capitalist, #collionalist ways, are not willing to live with less so other can live at all - this is the future we are going:
more & more authoritarian nations ending the world in […]
in fact we should give a #climate #nobel prices to every #poor person in the west. effectively they have done the most for the #climate by not participating in #consumerist orgies in the first place. and maybe ironically, with the help of a pro-transition government, they will be the most […]
"I don’t think it is about harping back to a simpler life per se, but a life that would be genuinely #meaningful + #sustainable. If the #modern #industrial - #consumerist world was a viable project, then he’d be seen as a daydreamer, but it isn’t ..." fivebooks.com/best-books/m... #books
#DestinationWeddings also put the emphasis squarely on a #consumerist #spectacle rather than a substantive #ceremony …
Is that wrong apostrophe
literally what the person wrote;
or is it transcription error?
Cuz the #ownership trope
keeps appearing,
#owning the libs.
Seen in this light, #MAGA
is #consumerist.
‘14 of the best men’s coats for winter’ 🧐
It bewilders me the @theguardian.com does this.
Alarms us on #environmental problems then publishes blatant #consumerist articles. 🤦🏻♂️
The best coat is in your wardrobe. Or a hangar in a local
Charity shop. Or a 2nd hand website. 🤷♂️
“ #Platforms want to tell us what to buy, where to eat, and, generally, how to live better #consumerist lives.”
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