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I avoid the cognitive dissonance of consumption by explicitly not thinking of the environmental and societal impact my purchases make. What is false about the s

I avoid the cognitive dissonance of consumption by explicitly not thinking of the environmental and societal impact my purchases make. What is false about the statement, "consumer's don't think, they consume"?

johnny22 9y ago
you're a consumer. Are you thinking or not? Seems like avoiding thinking about it means that you know it's a thing.
- devoply 9y ago
  Well there is thinking and then there is thinking. Consumers on the mass consumer level, my self included, think about how we can get the most benefit from the limited amount of resources that we have. So how can I get good shit for the cheapest price. I am not concerned for instance about the global effect of my consumption or even local. That's how consumers in general think on the mass scale. Now you can say that this is not all consumers, but that doesn't really change the effects of their actions. Sure there are wealthy sub-genre of consumers that might think local. But that's not he mass of them. For a corporation like Amazon or Walmart to survive they only need the masses. The small minority of conscious consumers don't affect them... and even if they do, it's not as if lots of conscious consumers don't buy from Amazon and Walmart anyway, despite the fact that they might disagree with their business practices or business philosophy. Consumers in general in America and Europe don't care that much about these things... and even if they do massive corporations can buy other corporations and sell to them through that brand while still furthering their own business philosophy, business practices: example Whole Foods.
Govindae 9y ago
>What is false about the statement, "consumer's don't think, they consume"? There exists at least one consumer/thinker.
- sokoloff 9y ago
  Humans are bipedal and walk upright. IMO, that statement doesn't become "false" by the existence of an amputee or someone wheelchair-bound. Similarly, I believe the "consumers..." thought has relevance and information content even With awareness that there exists a particularly thoughtful consumer.

johnny22 9y ago

you're a consumer. Are you thinking or not? Seems like avoiding thinking about it means that you know it's a thing.

devoply 9y ago
Well there is thinking and then there is thinking. Consumers on the mass consumer level, my self included, think about how we can get the most benefit from the limited amount of resources that we have. So how can I get good shit for the cheapest price. I am not concerned for instance about the global effect of my consumption or even local. That's how consumers in general think on the mass scale. Now you can say that this is not all consumers, but that doesn't really change the effects of their actions. Sure there are wealthy sub-genre of consumers that might think local. But that's not he mass of them. For a corporation like Amazon or Walmart to survive they only need the masses. The small minority of conscious consumers don't affect them... and even if they do, it's not as if lots of conscious consumers don't buy from Amazon and Walmart anyway, despite the fact that they might disagree with their business practices or business philosophy. Consumers in general in America and Europe don't care that much about these things... and even if they do massive corporations can buy other corporations and sell to them through that brand while still furthering their own business philosophy, business practices: example Whole Foods.

Govindae 9y ago

>What is false about the statement, "consumer's don't think, they consume"? There exists at least one consumer/thinker.

sokoloff 9y ago
Humans are bipedal and walk upright. IMO, that statement doesn't become "false" by the existence of an amputee or someone wheelchair-bound. Similarly, I believe the "consumers..." thought has relevance and information content even With awareness that there exists a particularly thoughtful consumer.