Consumerism

“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.”

― Noam Chomsky

I am grateful for my new career. I cannot imagine working for a company or an ideal that propagates consumerism, making people feel that their lives would be richer if they were to purchase more unnecessary things or have a life that is distinctly of a stereotypical "culture". I believe that it is a shame for such talented and creative individuals to waste their efforts on making large global corporations millions upon millions of dollars, if not billions, to create a semblance of what life is "really worth" in material goods.

This false security causes us to be blind to the pain and suffering of others because why bother truly caring when we do small minimal acts of "charity" and "good will" when we just do all of it to make our selves feel as if we are "giving back"? This is delusional. Why in the first place create systems of eventual suppression only to pretend that the way we live our lives makes up for such inequality?

Dishonesty and self-denial, cowardice, is at play. It doesn't have to be that way if we only embody the courage that already resides in us to take a stand against such blatant oppression and conduct our lives in honesty!--to not feed THE MACHINE.