Consumerism is the perfection of slavery.
– Prof. Jiang X.
This is the quiet genius of consumerism: it turns the masses into isolated competitors, each too busy chasing their next purchase to notice the bars of the cage closing in. It teaches you to see the world through economic logic alone, to value people for their net worth rather than their humanity, to see education not as an awakening of the mind but as a transaction, a ticket to a better salary so you can buy more things you don’t need.
The truest wealth is not in what fills your hands, but in what no longer chains your heart.