“After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power. The belief is now that everything - and everyone - is fair game.”
- Gunter Grass
This addiction, Western consumerism and with that its blindness leads to what remains one of society’s biggest failures on the one hand and the biggest challenge on the other; inequality.
It is easier to blame society then question why we accept and assume the things that led society to become what it is today. We are all socially constructed but we tend to forget that we’re neither bound nor defined by that. Question everything!
In a time of consumerism, people take everything, even the message on the wall, for granted.