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Consumption Quotes by Raoul Vaneigem
- Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.
- Production and consumption are the nipples of modern society. Thus suckled, humanity grows in strength and beauty; rising standard of living, all modern conveniences, distractions…
- In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption.
- Purchasing power is a license to purchase power. The old proletariat sold its labour power in order to subsist; what little leisure time it had…
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- Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and… — Neal Barnard
- When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits. — Gary Bauer
- There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases… — Zygmunt Bauman
- Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of… — Joseph Beuys
- All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will… — David R. Brower
- Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying… — Jerry Brown
- Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption. — Jimmy Carter
- There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment. — Noam Chomsky
- You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption. — Noam Chomsky
- I claim that in losing the spinning wheel we lost our left lung. We are, therefore, suffering from galloping consumption. The restoration… — Mahatma Gandhi
- Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent… — Sherwood Boehlert
- Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. — Doug Larson