New Economy rant

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Sep 26 10:06:52 PDT 2000


Charles Brown wrote:


>CB: Can we add that the suggestion of the theory of commodity
>fetishism is that buying stuff is not only not a cure, but a cause
>of alienation ? Relationships with things are substituted for
>relationships with people.

Or, as the Slits put it, "I need something new/something trivial will do/I need to satisfy this empty feeling...."

Doug



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