[csaa-forum] RE: wanting to be effluent

[John Scannell]

Sally

I am gonna let you take the heat for the Freedom Furniture stuff now...
But I agree with you on consumerism and the whole mania of conspicuous 
consumption which has swept the country and is driving me insane...
John

Sally Scott wrote:

>What a defensive barrage has been creative by allusions to Freedom Furniture
>and fondue. Interestingly, for what it says about the discources of cultural
>studies, I was using the list of aspirational accoutrements as symbols of
>consumerism rather than class. That is, Australians, irrespective of
>suburbs, are more interested in what they can buy and when, rather than
>issues like education and health reform, refugees or workplace equity. Are
>we consuming ourselves into an apathetic torpor? What significance does this
>have for both the political process and the future of the Left (as distinct
>from the Labor party)? (I understand my assumption here is that the Left are
>less concerned with a consumer economy)
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>There is a wonderful doco doing the rounds about the big corporates and the
>many ways in which they are driving consumption - out of this all power
>leads to them. Where is our Left in this packet of Crispies?
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>Sally
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