The most affluent consumers account for a bigger share of total US spending, reinforcing the lopsided dynamic of unbothered consumption for the wealthy and more cautious shopping for everyone else.
The most affluent consumers account for a bigger share of total US spending, reinforcing the lopsided dynamic of unbothered consumption for the wealthy and more cautious shopping for everyone else.
If capital wants me to spend money, they have to pay me some first.
I’m not an overgrown child that needs to have the latest iphone and every meal delivered or whatever. I’ve got a public library and comparably cheap food I can cook myself.
Capital is saying they no longer need you. Capital can now sustain itself through the consumerism of the top 10%. Everyone else will get labeled as excess humanity.