Why has anyone ever even considered putting monetary restraints
On a traditional birthday song?
Why is it taboo to share any piece of music
Why is it taboo to share any piece of music
That the general population already knows and loves?
And we might wonder why so many today
Have a compulsion to shopping and acquisition
When it is clear that they have been conditioned from childhood
To expect material goods as a sign of their status with friends and family.
Why are humans always waiting in lines?
Value System Disorder
The "American dream" is based on rampant consumerism
It is based upon the fact that mainstream media
And especially commercial advertising
All corporations who need this infinite growth
Have convinced us or brainwashed most people
In America and hence the world
That we have to have x number of material possessions
And the possibility of gaining infinitely more material possessions
In order to be happy.
That's just not true.
So why do people continue to buy in this way
Which is ultimately eco-genocidal
In its systemic effects cumulatively
And it just is classical operand conditioning?
You simply put inputs of conditioning into the organism
And you have outputs of desired behaviors or goals or objectives.
And it has all the resources of technology.
And they boast about how they get into the minds of infants;
What they hear is already making them conditioned to the brand.
Then you see, that's how people have been such fools.
In a way, they have been taught to be fools.
It's a value system disorder.
...If there is any testament to the plasticity of the human mind
If there is any proof to how malleable human thought is
And how easily conditioned and guided people can become
Based on the nature of their environmental stimulus
And what it reinforces:
The world of commercial advertising is the proof.
All corporations who need this infinite growth
Have convinced us or brainwashed most people
In America and hence the world
That we have to have x number of material possessions
And the possibility of gaining infinitely more material possessions
In order to be happy.
That's just not true.
So why do people continue to buy in this way
Which is ultimately eco-genocidal
In its systemic effects cumulatively
And it just is classical operand conditioning?
You simply put inputs of conditioning into the organism
And you have outputs of desired behaviors or goals or objectives.
And it has all the resources of technology.
And they boast about how they get into the minds of infants;
What they hear is already making them conditioned to the brand.
Then you see, that's how people have been such fools.
In a way, they have been taught to be fools.
It's a value system disorder.
...If there is any testament to the plasticity of the human mind
If there is any proof to how malleable human thought is
And how easily conditioned and guided people can become
Based on the nature of their environmental stimulus
And what it reinforces:
The world of commercial advertising is the proof.
You have to stand in awe at the level of brainwashing
Where these programmed robots known as "consumers"
Wander the landscape only to walk into a store
And spend... $4000 on a handbag
That likely cost $10 to make
In a sweatshop overseas
Where these programmed robots known as "consumers"
Wander the landscape only to walk into a store
And spend... $4000 on a handbag
That likely cost $10 to make
In a sweatshop overseas
Only for the brand status it supposedly represents in the culture.
Or perhaps the ancient communal traditions
Which increase trust and cohesiveness in society
Which have now been hijacked by acquisitive, materialistic values
Where now annually we exchange useless crap a few times a year.
Which increase trust and cohesiveness in society
Which have now been hijacked by acquisitive, materialistic values
Where now annually we exchange useless crap a few times a year.
And we might wonder why so many today
Have a compulsion to shopping and acquisition
When it is clear that they have been conditioned from childhood
To expect material goods as a sign of their status with friends and family.
The fact is, the foundation of any society
Are the values that support its operation.
And our society, as it exists, can only operate
If our values support the conspicuous consumption it requires
To continue the market system.
Seventy-five years ago, consumption in America
And much of the first world
Was half of what we see today, per person.
Are the values that support its operation.
And our society, as it exists, can only operate
If our values support the conspicuous consumption it requires
To continue the market system.
Seventy-five years ago, consumption in America
And much of the first world
Was half of what we see today, per person.
Today's new consumer culture
Has been manufactured and imposed
Due to the very real need for higher and higher levels of consumption
And this is why most corporations now spend more money on advertising
Than the actual process of product creation itself.
Has been manufactured and imposed
Due to the very real need for higher and higher levels of consumption
And this is why most corporations now spend more money on advertising
Than the actual process of product creation itself.
They work diligently to create a false need for you to fill.
And it happens to work.
And it happens to work.
Zeitgeist (3)
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