There’s lots of talk floating about about consumerism being a great evil that needs to be subverted and overthrown. What there is much less of is intelligent discussion of what consumerism actually is, and particularly what it is that drives it and sustains it. In that vein, I’m reading The Rebel Sell (which is now […]
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I am a conformist.
I am a non-conformist.
Do the previous two statements seem to be self-contradictory. They are, unless they are spoken from two different angles.
We are living in a society that places a premium on being a “non-conformist.” Just like everybody else, of course. Have you ever noticed that all the non-conformists have a specific thing […]
