The Lie At The Heart Of Consumer Society

We know that consumer goods degrade, but the place they come from supposedly doesn’t

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7 min readMay 17

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Let them order Amazon (with creepy AI hands)

Consumer goods are always wearing down, becoming outdated, and need to be replaced. You constantly need to buy new clothes, new vehicles, new things. Consumer society, however, is presumed to be infinite. We can keep doing this forever, indeed, this…

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Indrajit Samarajiva is a writer from Sri Lanka. Follow me at www.indi.ca, or just email me at indi@indi.ca.