Consumer
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"I shop therefore I am" --Barbara Kruger "The pseudoneeds imposed by modern consumerism cannot be opposed by any genuine needs or desires [and] unleashes an unlimited artificiality which overpowers any living desire [which] ends up by falsifying all social life." --Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle, thesis 68 |
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Consumer is a broad label for any individuals or households that use goods and services generated within the economy. The concept of a consumer occurs in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary.
See also
- Anti-consumerism
- Commodity fetishism
- Consumer activism
- Consumer behaviour
- Consumerism
- Coolhunting
- Lifestyle
- Luxury
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