Surviving Capitalism (Not) : How brands sell capitalism

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, November 18, 2012

How brands sell capitalism

Click here to access article by Phil Shannon from Green Left.

The author cites four recent books which goes into the repulsive details of the success of corporate advertising to not only create brand loyalty, but to inculcate capitalist asocial values and to hide their many crimes against humanity and nature.

Capitalism, as each of these books shows, may portray itself as an attractive brand, but the ethical and environmental stink speaks of a quite different reality.