The common refrain, if an absurdly naïve one. It is a question of degree, as with everything else. Does the massive machine need to sell more totally useless s

The common refrain, if an absurdly naïve one. It is a question of degree, as with everything else. Does the massive machine need to sell more totally useless shit for people to be happy and healthy? Or are the things it sells contributing more to the dereliction of today than whatever "social good" the marketers try to impose on the job that necessarily ignores consent and exploits animalian impulses to achieve its goals?