Quotes about Consumerism

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We typically misunderstand what's wrong about consumerism. It's not that it makes us love material things too much. To b — Phillip Cary, Good News for Anxious Christians: Ten Practical Things You Don't Have to Do
Most people do not mind having a house that is smaller and/or a car that is cheaper than their neighbours’, as long as t — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We have glorified wealth and freedom so much that it is impossible for most of us to truly believe that a man can truly — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
In the marketing society, we seek fulfillment but settle for abundance. Prisoners of plenty, we have the freedom to cons — Clive Hamilton, Growth Fetish
It used to be that rebels were the type who wore leather jackets, rode motorcycles, smoked cigarettes and drank cheap do — Jon Morrison, Life Hacks: Nine Ideas That Will Change How You Do Everything
The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none left to be happy. — Criss Jami
You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven co — Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Bob loses saving throw vs. shiny with a penalty of -5. Bob takes 2d8 damage to the credit card. — Charles Stross, The Fuller Memorandum
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don — Charlie Brooker
Because he has finally realized that it is it and not him that is loved by the woman he loves, many a man is jealous of — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Many a woman is in a relationship with or married to her man not because she loves him but only because she likes men li — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Many a woman would not be in a relationship with or married to her man, if he earned half of what he earns; and many a m — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Some people will each start investing more of their salary on ‘their’ house and spending less of it on ‘their’ car or ca — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
In much the same way, motherhood has become the essential female experience, valued above all others: giving life is whe — Virginie Despentes, King Kong Theorie
All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States average — Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century
You swallow hard when you discover that the old coffee shop is now a chain pharmacy, that the place where you first kiss — Colson Whitehead, The Colossus of New York
Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books. — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
The re-establishment of an ecological balance depends on the ability of society to counteract the progressive materializ — Ivan Illich
I look forward to seeing more and more people willing to resist the direction the world is moving in, a direction where — Rachel Corrie, My Name is Rachel Corrie
All we do is work to maximise our consumption privileges and to be able to tell people at parties that we’re a lawyer, a — Robert Wringham, Escape Everything!: Escape From Work. Escape From Consumerism. Escape From Despair.