One of the world’s biggest advertising agencies has declared that “brands are the new religion”. It is a familiar argument to say that we live in an ad-drenched society, in which logos are everywhere – from the inside of lavatory cubicles to the labels attached to oranges. -Mark Corner Each action we perform each day [...]
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Social Construction and Advertising
Posted in Capitalism, Public vs. Private, Uncategorized on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Slaves to Capitalism?
Posted in Capitalism, tagged Capitalism, Marx, Pessimism on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Capitalism moulds our needs and creates desires that we satisfy by consuming, yet never being satisfied.” – John Harms and Douglas Kellner The majority of us have never known of an economic structure other then capitalism. We were raised on it, experienced it through our parents growing up, and eventually thrust into the system when [...]
