I was at a business (social distancing) the other day and saw the signs they had posted all over. "Get togetherness. Get happiness. Get individuality."
... As if togetherness was something you could buy at a store. Or happiness. Or individuality.
Yes, I can get my Product X from you made to my specifications, but if my individuality runs no deeper than my pizza toppings, the clothes I wear, or what brand of car I drive, I'm a shockingly shallow human being.
We are human BEings, not human GETtings.
I don't believe this store is any more consumerist than any other, or that these thoughts are anything new. They just struck me with particular force this time.
... As if togetherness was something you could buy at a store. Or happiness. Or individuality.
Yes, I can get my Product X from you made to my specifications, but if my individuality runs no deeper than my pizza toppings, the clothes I wear, or what brand of car I drive, I'm a shockingly shallow human being.
We are human BEings, not human GETtings.
I don't believe this store is any more consumerist than any other, or that these thoughts are anything new. They just struck me with particular force this time.
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