“We are developing new types of destitutes-the automobileless, the yachtless, the Newportcottageless. The subtlest luxuries of today reaches very high in the social scale... The end of it all is vexation of spirit.” EndsTodaySpiritSocialTypeScalesLuxuryDevelopingConsumerismOverconsumptionVexation Author:Walter Weyl
“When you come to analyze the love of money which was the general impulse to effort in your day, you find that the dread of want and desire of luxury was but one of several motives which the pursuit of money represented; the others, and with many the more influential, being desire of power, of social position, and reputation for ability and success.” WantDesireSocialAbilityEffortPositionPursuitReputationLuxuryImpulseMotiveDreadInfluentialLove Of MoneyWants And DesiresPursuit Of Money Book:Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887: American literature Source: Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887: American literature
“You know daytime television? You know what it's supposed to be for? It's to keep unemployed people happy. It's supposed to stop them running to the social security demanding mad luxuries like cookers and windows.” PeopleKnowsRunningSocialSecurityTelevisionWindowMadLuxurySupposed To BeSocial SecurityUnemployedDaytimeCookers Author:Victoria Wood
“To believe that man's aggressiveness or territoriality is in the nature of the beast is to mistake some men for all men, contemporary society for all possible societies, and, by a remarkable transformation, to justify what is as what needs must be; social repression becomes a response to, rather than a cause of, human violence. Pessimism about man serves to maintain the status quo. It is a luxury for the affluent, a sop to the guilt of the politically inactive, a comfort to those who continue to enjoy the amenities of privilege.” MenNeedsBelieveHumansSocialCausesEnjoyMistakeViolenceComfortTransformationGuiltResponsePrivilegeContemporaryLuxuryBeastRemarkableJustifyPessimismStatus QuoRepressionAffluentAggressivenessAmenitiesContemporary Society Author:Leon Eisenberg