Hunger and God have been replaced in the consumer age by possessions and status. The advertising industry leads us to believe that life will be improved by the purchase of a product. The purchase of a product requires money. Money requires work. Or debt. We go into debt to chase our desires, and then keep working to pay the debt. It’s the modern form of indentured labour. We need to be responsible for ourselves; we must create our own republics. Today we hand over our responsibility to the boss, to the company, to the government, and then blame them when everything goes wrong.
