Surplus—Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Surplus—Terrorized Into Being Consumers is a film about the destructive side of consumer culture.
Surplus—Terrorized Into Being Consumers is a film about the destructive side of consumer culture.
Human cultures have exploited bottlenecks in commodities or resources in order to gain power and control. This essay looks at two examples of psychotropic mechanisms being used in this way
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