“... in a capitalist society a man is expected to be an aggressive, uncompromising, factual, lusty, intelligent provider of goods,and the woman, a retiring, gracious, emotional, intuitive, attractive consumer of goods.” MenEmotionalCapitalismIntelligentExpectedConsumersAttractiveGoodsAggressiveRetiringCapitalistIntuitiveGraciousFactualProvidersUncompromising Author:Toni Cade Bambara
“Excess consumption doesn't make people happy. We can continue to provide for our needs, but we can't continue the endless pursuit of ever more consumer goods. There is no energy source that can provide enough consumer goods to meet our human and emotional needs; there never has been, and that's why it's been such a fruitless pursuit.” PeopleNeedsHumansHas BeensEnoughEnergyEmotionalSourcePursuitEndlessConsumersGoodsExcessConsumptionMaking People HappyEnergy SourcesEmotional NeedsNo Energy Author:Tim DeChristopher
“Traditional American values: Genocide, aggression, conformity, emotional repression, hypocrisy, and the worship of comfort and consumer goods.” ValuesEmotionalComfortWorshipTraditionalConsumersHypocrisyGoodsConformityGenocideAggressionRepressionAmerican Values Book:Brain Droppings Source: Brain Droppings
“Functional goods sold en masse earn a good return but breakthrough profits come from satisfying emotional needs.” NeedsEmotionalReturnProfitGoodsSatisfyingBreakthroughEmotional Needs Book:Rocket: Eight Lessons to Secure Infinite Growth Source: Rocket: Eight Lessons to Secure Infinite Growth