In the Culture of Hungry Ghosts
Dylan Charles – It must be a spiritual illness which plagues society.
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Materialism & the Loss of Soul
Kingsley L. Dennis – The non-material, or non-visible, realm does not lie dormant. It is active, constantly.
The Reality of Consumerism – Starbuck’s Certified Coffee Plantation Busted Using Slave Labor
Daniela Penha – A natural consequence of consumerism is a modern form of slavery.
Pathological Consumption Has Become So Normalized that We Scarcely Notice It
George Monbiot – The best things in life are free, but we’ve found a way of selling them to you.
Society is an Advert or Itself
Nick Williams – What effect is consumerism having on us?
Unsouling from the Wilderness
Kingsley L. Dennis – The modern history of the West has been about the removal of mystery, mind, and magic from the world around us.
Re-Enchanting the World
Kingsley L. Dennis – There is an enchanted world out there, and it beckons to us through a communal mystery.
New K-Cup for Cannabis Brings Single-Serving Waste to Sophisticated Stoners
Vic Bishop – Once you’re high, simply throw the plastic cup in the trash and buy more.
The Gift of Death
George Monbiot – Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it.
Black Friday – The Pledge of Allegiance to the Matrix
Dylan Charles – It is the activation of the mass reptilian brain. A celebration of the culture of death.
Sweden to Incentivize Product Repairs in Effort to Reduce Consumer Waste
Vic Bishop – Sweden plans to counter the trend of planned obsolescence.
He Was the Father of Modern Mind Control & Propaganda for the Ruling Elite
Steven MacMillan – The study of mass psychology and herd behavior were the foundations of modern propaganda and consumerism.
8 Extraordinary Things Happening in the World Today
Gustavo Tanaka – Most of us haven’t quite realized there are something extraordinary things happening.
Compassion, Christianity or Consumerism? The True Meaning of Christmas
Cortland Pfeffer & Irwin Ozborne – Christmas has become symbolic of all that is wrong with our society.
Free Thought vs. Social Conformity
Kingsley L. Dennis – People cannot be fully trusted to say and do what they think is right if others around them are all expressing an opposite opinion.
Spirituality vs. Consumerism
Kingsley L. Dennis – The inner evolutionary journey is not a shopping list of abilities and spiritual practices.
10 Shady Origins Of Consumerism In The US
S. Grant – As it turns out, Americans were carefully and systematically manipulated into becoming insatiable shoppers.
Conformity Starts Earlier than You Might Expect
Alex Pietrowski – Our desire to fit in with a group, and the resulting conformity, start at a very early age, thus it is in our nature to be swayed to follow the majority, even if it results in destructive behavior.
Acquire Experiences… Not Things
Gary ‘Z’ McGee – No amount of material possession compares to the adventure of the open road (new horizons, exotic foods).
Manipulations & Mind Games: The Secret Battle to Control How We Think
Kingsley Dennis – Modern programs of social influence could not exist without recent developments in mass media.