1555 || culture = consumerism

Make Your Damn Bed · Sep 5, 2025 · 8m

Consumerism is addicting, attractive, seemingly

Language of economists + violence.

Consumerism has literally seeped into every crack of our lives.

Socially? It’s always been a signifier of success. How good of a job, how much money you make, never what a difference you’ve made or contributions to the greater good. But it’s deeper than that. Brands are so worshipped in this country (

A 2019 UK study has revealed 83% of children between the ages of five and 16 can’t identify a bumblebee. “How are we going to fall in love with the world if we don't pick berries?” — Robin Wall Kimmerer

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