Re:The Internet of Beefs
by rayiner on Monday January 20, 2020 @04:08PM
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No?
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Re:The Internet of Beefs
by claudiawerner on Monday January 20, 2020 @04:20PM
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Consumerism, at the least, is dependent on capitalism's core feature, generalized commodity production. So far, that seems true - was there any consumerism in pre-capitalist societies? I'd hazard a guess and say no. If consumerism is further driven by advertising, it depends on capitalism even more. This paper[0] persausively argues that consumerism is a consequence of specifically capitalist society, considered in its historical development.
[0] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/978047067059...
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