File spoon-archives/foucault.archive/foucault_2001/foucault.0101, message 101


From: "Juan Cruz" <juancarloscruz-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: the church of the consumer
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:50:29 


According to Adler most people feel inferior, inferior feelings trigger 
buying habits. Which is what the firm owners want. The firm owners/rulers of 
big Mulitnationals are slaves too, but they are a little smarter than the 
herd (masses, consumers).
  They take advantage of this inferiority feeling ingrained in the herd 
mentality which is why they sell a lot, people need to buy all sorts of 
things in order to feel well, if they dont they would feel un-well, I know 
there is a lot of things people need. But most people wanna buy more than 
things they need, it is obvious and this is what maintains the fordism 
capitalists system of USA.
  And this is why I think capitalism is not good for people, it makes them 
fat, un-healthy, lowlife and sick

Thanks

Juan Carlos



"In Sparta, Greece people ate at the common table where the diet was strict. 
  Those who gained weight over their ideal-prime weight were separated from 
society"  -Indro Montanelli (History of The Greeks)

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