Consumerism explained: Addiction, culture, and alternatives

The greatest illusion of modern consumer culture is the belief that healing is a completely passive transaction. We’ve been conditioned to think we can purchase alignment off a social media feed, cross our arms, and watch an external object do the heavy lifting. But a precision tuning fork is not a pharmaceutical quick-fix. It is a relational partner that demands absolute self-accountability. When a high-frequency instrument drops into a mass-market space, the drop in results isn't a reflection

Prof. Jiang on Consumerism as Perfection of Slavery