The Internet of Beefs

Re:The Internet of Beefs by claudiawerner on Monday January 20, 2020 @04:20PM (#22102180)

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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Re:The Internet of Beefs by kick on Monday January 20, 2020 @05:39PM (#22102670)

News Guidelines:

Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Commenting on votes will only make you get downvoted more, regardless of how virtuous your comment was.

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