Haseeb

“In many cases you are not buying a product but an “identity enhancer.” Designer labels are primarily collective identities that you buy into. They are expensive and therefore “exclusive.” If everybody could buy them, they would lose their psychological value and all you would be left with would be their material value, which likely amounts to a fraction of what you paid.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“Evolution did not design us to believe only true facts, nor to buy only useful products, nor to say only meaningful sentences”
― Piero Scaruffi

“Obesity is a double victory for consumerism. Instead of eating little, which will lead to economic contraction, people eat too much and then buy diet products - contributing to economic growth twice over.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, קיצור תולדות האנושות

“I'm just an actor. My performance is not more important than your life. Stop watching. We're false images designed to sell you products by exploiting your insecurities. To make you spectators in life, not participants.”
― Grant Morrison, The Invisibles, Vol. 5: Counting to None