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There is also the way that, in a capitalist system, every message eventually gets swallowed up and transformed into a way to sell products. It's just the nature
by smacktoward 7y ago
There is also the way that, in a capitalist system, every message eventually gets swallowed up and transformed into a way to sell products. It's just the nature of the beast. The hippies started out preaching the importance of love over material wealth, and their message ended up getting twisted into a sales pitch for Coca-Cola (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VM2eLhvsSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VM2eLhvsSM).
So in the end, it doesn't really matter much what Marie Kondo's message is; once it became popular the system was inevitably going to fold, spindle and mutilate it until it could be used to sell products, because that's what the system does. It deflects critique by absorbing and redirecting it, and it is really damn good at doing so.
- unforeseen9991 7y agoThis was perfectly said and articulated, thanks
- i386 7y agoThanks again boomers
- danharaj 7y agoCapitalism vores everything.
- stareatgoats 7y agoExactly so. And by the same token, every sensory impulse capable of grabbing human attention will eventually be filled to the brim with ads until we can't experience anything without expecting, nay wanting, accompanying banners, jingles, (and no doubt soon; smells) that entice us to buy. Homo Consumens: https://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/Homo%20Consumens.htm https://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/Homo%20Consume...
- sifar 7y agoThe key is to not make it popular. Have a barrier to entry.