War On Consumerism begins with Media Literacy

War on Consumerism

The enemy is you. The victim is you. The hero is you.

Affluenza - the disease caused by wealth and consumerism is explored in these videos.

Consumerism

To some it is a philosophy, to others it is an economic strategy.

On this website it is

that it is civic responsibility to shop (even on credit) to keep the system working

Here is the link to Consumerism on Wikipedia

There's more at stake than your money.

Fight the con in consumer.

Remember, it's someone's job to get you to buy.

Are U media literate?

Every Ad deserves being asked

Who made it? What do they want? What do they want me to do? How are they persuading me? Why is their appeal working?

Learn more about Media Literacy and the Media_Questions (Wikipedia link)

Image of the Earth is used buy permission from NASA.

Know the enemy.

Doubt the messenger.

Dissect the message.

War on Consumerism Videos
The agents of sales and consumerism bombard us with targeted advertisements that use the best research to get us to do as they want. The best defense is a shield of understanding and awareness. These videos build up the defenses.
George Carlin on Personal Consumerism	You are the target in Movies
"Consumerism -The Musical" catchy satire	This music video Hits home

Big Ideas That Shaped The World- Consumerism
This 4 part program looks at consumerism as one of the 'isms' (communism, facism, capitalism) that shape countries and the world.
Part 1	Part 2
Part 3	Part 4

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Think.