Posted on 19/05/07
Baby wants a brand-new toy
CONSUMEDHow Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens WholeBy Benjamin R. BarberNorton, 406 pages, $33.50The panicky title and the phallic, melting popsicle on the cover are unmistakable. This is yet another salvo in the anti-consumerist genre. By now, the complaints are familiar: Advertisers are brainwashing our children. Adults are not immune. The people carrying out this brainwashing suffer from something called "civic schizophrenia." They are creating a Brave New World, where democracy is a fiction and the people love their chains.
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