πŸ” Commodity fetishism: We create things, but their value seems detached from our labor πŸ€” Products shape our reality & desires, not vice versa πŸŒ€ The irony? Non-material entities (commodities) transform social consciousness πŸ§ πŸ’« Marketing exploits this brilliantly πŸ“ˆ #MarxistTheory #ConsumerCulture #CommodityFetishism
"Thus, we don't own the things we make, the things we make are made to own us in the interests of the profits of those that didn't make them." Dr. Justin Sledge