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Category Archives: Consumerism
Phantom Performances – The Rise of the Spectacle
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Waking Times ˈspɛktək(ə)l/ noun a visually striking performance or display an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact “Now the death of God combined with the perfection of the image has brought … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged celebrity culture, Consumerism, culture, Hyperreality, media, Media Literacy, Morality, Narcissism, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, psychology, reality television, Selfie deaths, Social Media, society, Sociology, Spectacle, spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
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The Global Climate Movement is Failing: Why?
By Robert J. Burrowes It has been satisfying to note the significant response to two recent climate campaigns: the actions, including the recent Global Climate Strike, initiated by school students inspired by Greta Thunberg and the climate actions organized by … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, education, elites, Environment, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Biosphere, climate catastrophe, Climate Change, Climate Movement, Consumerism, Consumption, Economics, Education, elites, environment, Environmental Disaster, Global Climate Strike, Global Elite, Human Extinction, Nonviolence, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Plutocracy, psychology, Socialization, Sociology, Violence
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What happened to individual empowerment in the internet age?
By Kurt Cobb Source: Resilience Apple Computer’s 1984 Superbowl commercial—one of the most iconic television commercials ever made—announced two things: the introduction of the Macintosh computer and that this computer could in some fashion allow each of us to escape … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Health, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged addiction, Attention, Consumerism, corporate media, culture, Dystopia, Internet, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, psychology, Smartphones, social control, Social Media, society, Sociology, Surveillance Society, Technocracy, technology
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Our Vanishing World: Rainforests
By Robert J. Burrowes Rainforests are a crucial feature of Earth’s biosphere. Apart from being critical to Earth’s climate and vital carbon sinks, the major player in Earth’s hydrological (water) cycle, a massive producer of oxygen and home to most … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Science, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, biofuels, Biosphere, Cattle, Consumerism, culture, ecosystems, environment, Global Elites, Jair Bolsonaro, junk foods, Logging, mining, Philosophy, rainforest destruction, Rainforests, society, Sociology, vegetable oils
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‘Deaths of despair’ soaring among Gen Z & millennials: ‘It’s the economy, stupid’
By Helen Buyniski Source: RT.com Young Americans are killing themselves in record numbers, the victims of a confluence of economic and sociological factors that have singled them out – even above a nationwide surge in so-called “deaths of despair.” Suicide … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged addiction, Alcohol, America, Baby Boomers, culture, deaths of despair., depression, drugs, Economics, Education, financial crisis, Generation Z, Health, Journal of the American Medical Association, Labor, military spending, millennials, opioids, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, recession, Social Media, society, Sociology, Student Debt, Student Loans, suicide, The American Dream, unemployment, war, Work
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The Limited Mind: Why Fear is Driving Humanity to Extinction
By Robert J. Burrowes I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, Consumerism, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, education, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Big Pharma, Consumerism, Education, Emotions, environment, Extinction, fear, Health, pharmaceutical industry, psychology, Socialization, Sustainability, Violence, war
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Jeff Bezos’s Corporate Takeover of Our Lives
How Amazon’s relentless pursuit of profit is squeezing us all—and what we can do about it By David Dayen Source: In These Times AMAZON IS AN ONLINE RETAILER. It also runs a marketplace for other online retailers. It’s also a shipper … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, media, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology, Work
Tagged AI, Alexa, Alienation, Amazon, big data, CIA, Cloud Computing, Corporate Lobbyists, Dystopia, e-commerce, Economics, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Labor, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Precariat, Retail Apocalypse, Small Business, Social Isolation, Technocracy, technology, Worker's Rights
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Zuck’s New Scam
Don’t buy into Facebook’s pivot to privacy By Lizzie O’Shea Source: The Baffler THE RHETORIC AT FACEBOOK—the largest social media platform in the world—is changing. In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg claimed that privacy was no longer a “social norm.” Today, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Harcourt, big data, corporatocracy, culture, Data Mining, Dystopia, Economics, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Privacy, Shoshana Zuboff, Silicon Valley, Social Media, surveillance capitalism, Technocracy, technology
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