MDUDUZI LUTHULI: The tragicomedy of consumerism
The more we collect and consume things, the more do our expectations and desires increase
10 December 2019 - 05:00
We don’t need things to be happy and fulfilled, but the tragicomedy of consumerism is that we’ve made ourselves believe we do.
With the calendar year littered with consumer holidays such as Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, in recent years Black Friday and the approaching Christmas holidays, we are regularly filled with a need to give and receive things that will probably be expended within a day...
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