Show threadbsmall2Feb 26
> .. the population. They have to be turned into completely mindless consumers of goods that they do not want. You have to develop what are called "Creative Wants". So you have to create wants. You have to impose on people what's called a Philosophy of Futility. You have to focus them on the insignificant things of life, like fashionable consumption. I'm just basically quoting business literature.
#BusinessLiterature #MindlessConsumers
bs2Feb 7, 2023
> .. the corporations.. have a goal for.. the population. They have to be turned into completely mindless consumers of goods that they do not want. You have to develop what are called "#CreatedWants". So you have to create wants. You have to impose on people what's called a #PhilosophyOfFutility. You have to focus them on the insignificant things of life, like fashionable consumption. I'm just basically quoting #BusinessLiterature.
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#NoamChomsky in #TheCorporation
Quotes from "The Corporation"

Robert Monks: Again and again we have the problem that whether you obey the law or not is a matter of whether it's cost effective. If the chance of getting caught and the penalties are less than it costs to comply, people think of it as just a business decision.

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