Li Cangdong-style consumerism

Melissa 2022-09-12 22:24:23

As long as you are not a fool, you must prove your worth. Pasolini said in an interview in 1976: "There is only one system that brings about change, and that is consumerism. It is also the only system that touches all classes and brings a new aggressive posture, because in the consumer society , enterprising spirit is necessary for the individual; and a submissive attitude, such as a taciturn old peasant at the mercy of fate, is of no use today. If a person accepts his outdated, outmoded, and inferior status, he will be What kind of consumer? He has to fight to improve his social status! Just like that, all of a sudden, all of us are becoming power-seekers of little Hitlers, smaller ones."

In "Oasis", it turns out that The proud family chain of East Asian society is so fragile and vulnerable in the face of consumerism, and the burdens like Hong Chung-du Han Gong-soo are abandoned by their family like a shoe, although their contribution to the family is not dispensable, But they are useless after all. They use kindness to explain their lack of enterprising spirit, and society cannot accommodate such fools.

When modernization turns into consumerism, it seems to provide more choices. In fact, there is only one choice. The question is are you ready?

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