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Consumerism is the Perfect Form of Slavery
In modern society, slavery no longer uses chains — it uses advertisements, brands, and desires. This new slavery is psychological and emotional. People think they are free, but their choices are controlled by consumerism.
Karl Marx warned that in capitalism, workers would become disconnected from the value of their own work. Today, this is true. The gap between workers and CEOs has grown massively from the 1970s to the 2020s. CEOs now earn hundreds of times more than the average worker. The rich keep getting richer, while the working class keeps spending money trying to live like them. Consumerism keeps the poor busy buying, and the rich busy selling.
In this modern era, people buy things not because they need them but to show off. They buy houses, mobiles, and clothes, then post pictures on social media to create competition. This builds pressure to spend more, even on unnecessary things.
Loans and credit cards are the new chains. People buy on EMI thinking it brings happiness and status, but end up stuck in debt for years. The system encourages people to spend more, not save — trapping them in a cycle of work and repayment.
Even education supports this mindset. Students go to school mainly to earn money, not to gain knowledge. This trains them to enter the same system — to study, work, earn, and spend — without ever asking what real success means.
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1- https://youtu.be/4pG-8XLLaE0?si=mJQ4bpqQIGSXMiGk - Consumerism is the Perfection of Slavery - Prof Jiang Xueqin
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