‘The function of a society is to produce meaning – to come up with trends, fashions, myths and agendas that people can collectively believe in. It’s too bad that so much of the meaning we have been producing in the affluent West is toxic to ourselves and to other cultures that decide – with a considerable degree of coercion – to go along for the ride.’ (Kumar, 2006)
The consumerist ideology serving the capitalist regime is not something I find particularly freeing. It appears Google disagrees. Maybe those who aren't surrounded by this environment would disagree also.
