| Posted by CM Bauer on 12/09/07 at 07:03 AM For sure. Working in the retail industry, I could not agree with this more. I witness it every day... I am extremely anti-consumerist, yet I work in the worst possible job for someone of my views. How ironic. But yeah, shopping is definitely just a way to make people feel better about themselves, their lives, and make them feel like they are doing good for others, while they put themselves deeper in debt doing it. It is all about the money, sadly. Like you said, pacification. Exactly. Good piece! |
