#Consumerism

Are you paying for the item, or for your ”face“? 🚩 Jewelry is expensive because it’s useless. A multi-million dollar car still stops at red lights. The things that truly sustain life—sunlight, oxygen, peace—are completely free. Stop bankrupting your soul for things that don‘t matter. 💾 SAVE this to stop your next impulse purchase. #MinimalistLiving #FinancialFreedom #StoicMindset #InnerPeace #Consumerism

We keep asking why we feel behind. But nothing in our lives is empty. Our closets are full. Our shelves are full. Our carts are full. Our brains are full. And yet somehow… we’re still chasing “enough.” Maybe the work isn’t decluttering. Maybe it’s stopping the reflex to replace. #womeninfinance #consumerism #minimalism #richlife youareenough

The dark history of the weekend 🕰️💸 Did you know the two-day weekend wasn't won for human rights? In 1926, Henry Ford realized that workers needed free time to spend their wages on his products. Your weekend is actually a carefully engineered consumption shift. #consumerism #henryford #history #capitalism #matrix

We went to our local gardening store today to get some mulch & saw this mound of plastic eggs piled out front after their Easter egg hunt this morning. I can only assume this will all be going into the landfill. & next year, they will purchase MORE plastic egg garbage to simply throw away after a single use. Honestly, I hope I’m wrong. This plastic will exist on planet earth FOREVER. It will NEVER completely decompose. Even when it breaks down, it will break down into microplastics that persist in the environment indefinitely, contaminating our earth &, in turn, us. Your kids having fun for a 20 minute Easter egg hunt is simply not worth ruining & contaminating our earth over. It’s just not. We cannot keep pretending this is okay. & if you want to leave a habitable earth to your kids, you should absolutely stop participating in this garbage ritual. Fuck consumerism. Fuck your plastic Easter eggs. & fuck ruining our earth in the name of Jesus. He would never stand for this shit. #easter #easteregghunt #landfill #landfillcore #consumerism

landfill core 🐣 also I’m ready to Euphoria ✨ #overconsumption #easter #easterdecor #hobbylobby #consumerism

I HATE storage units 🤦🏼‍♀️ Another way to waste money on STUFF. 🤬 #STOPbuyingSHIT #homeorganizer #califórnia #consumerism #zerowaste’ish

Just junk and greed! #capitalism #consumerism #americanabroad

Please consume accordingly.

“If climate change isn’t part of your story it’s science fiction” — Dorothy Fortenberry Here are three documentaries we think you should watch: 🥽 Plastic People by Ziya Tong and Ben Addelman 🛍️ Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy by Nic Stacey 🪸 Deep Rising by Mattheiu Rytz

Once the glittering agora of suburban America, the mall stood as a climate-controlled monument to #consumerism, teenage rites of passage and Orange Julius-fueled afternoons. Now, many sit hollow—ghosts of their former selves. But the story isn’t over. Head to the link in our bio to read more about the new revivalist movement led by #GenZ

Not so cute and cuddly after all? 🙃 Gruen — Stream new episodes Wednesdays 8pm on ABC iview and ABC TV. #Gruen #LabubuDolls #Consumerism #Landfill

The statistics used for this Reel were generated by Vital Strategies’ new monitoring tool, Canary, which uses AI to track harmful food and drink product marketing across social media in real-time. Thanks to VS for sponsoring this post! For those interested in reading my Substack, the article is called “Happiness is just one meal away” and the link is in my bio! #foodpolitics #consumerism #advertising #alcohol #socialcommentary