[In] its practical effects, consumerism is a totalitarian system: it permeates every aspect of our lives. Even our dissent from the system is packaged up and sold to us in the form of anti-consumption consumption, like the “I’m not a plastic bag” which was supposed to replace disposable carriers but was mostly used once or twice before it fell out of fashion, or lucrative new books on how to live without money.
From: Consumer Hell
We need to recognise that pornography is, and can only ever be, a commodification of our sexuality; genuine sexual liberation cannot be purchased, it does not come in a consumer package.
“We need to recognise that pornography is, and can only ever be, a commodification of our sexuality; genuine sexual liberation cannot be purchased, it does not come in a consumer package.”
Absolutely! But all too often, people aren’t ready to face that truth. They claim to agree with anticapitalism but aren’t ready to challenge consumerism. They say they are feminist or pro-feminist but then deny that what they watch/buy/endorse has anything to do with the oppression of women.
They don’t mind criticizing the structure as long as it doesn’t affect their own role within that structure. A way to silence their conscience?