“Maybe we don’t recognize satisfaction because it is disguised as radical generosity, a strange misnomer in a consumer culture.” CultureStrangeSatisfactionRadicalGenerosityConsumersConsumer Culture Book:7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess Source: 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
“There is a contradiction between market liberalism and political liberalism. The market liberals (e.g., social conservatives) of today want family values, less government, and maintain the traditions of society (at least in America's case). However, we must face the cultural contradiction of capitalism: the progress of capitalism, which necessitates a consumer culture, undermines the values which render capitalism possible” WantGovernmentTodayAmericaFacesPoliticalValuesCultureSocialCasesProgressCapitalismTraditionConsumersLiberalismContradictionFamily ValuesConsumer Culture Author:Slavoj Žižek