Consumerism

Consumerism link (dumbing down, deception, statecraft, Social engineering) Sourcewatch
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Consumerism creates the illusion of inclusion or belonging to the in-group of rich and successful people

Consumerism is the focus on consumption of material goods. Corporations, not people are seen as producers, people are the consumers who need material good for their satisfaction.

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“[T]he human animal is a beast that dies and if he’s got money he buys and buys and buys and I think the reason he buys everything he can buy is that in the back of his mind he has the crazy hope that one of his purchases will be life everlasting.”
Tennessee Williams

Functions

In Deschooling Society, Ivan Illich describes school as "the reproductive organ of consumer society".

Consumerism there to "create the illusion of inclusion in a world where every need is served", of belonging or soon to get close to a "first world" standard of living" which is portrayed in the media by soap operas of "rich and successful" people.

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“What if consumer products were fabricated to be actually disposable rather than just conceptually so?”
Alistair Dabbs (24 May 2019) 

Consumerism encourages [instant gratification]] with the acquisition of more and more goods.

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