Deep dive yet compact overview of how corporations came to dominate our economic, social and political lives.
Brands selling identities epitomises the consumerist culture in which being a citizen, activism, political engagement is replaced with being a consumer. You vote with your wallet just like corporations lobbying the government.
The problem is though that corporations have much more money to spend than you so their voice will always have more weight at the ballot box than you. So by the time you even get to the ballot box it will have been decided for you. That's democracy under neoliberal capitalism.
Brands selling identities epitomises the consumerist culture in which being a citizen, activism, political engagement is replaced with being a consumer. You vote with your wallet just like corporations lobbying the government.
The problem is though that corporations have much more money to spend than you so their voice will always have more weight at the ballot box than you. So by the time you even get to the ballot box it will have been decided for you. That's democracy under neoliberal capitalism.