https://padlet.com/duninwasowicz/kd8csymyrssd Marx en-us 2018-10-25 07:48:45 UTC 2026-01-14 17:06:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/duninwasowicz/kd8csymyrssd/wish/297374874
- Consumerism "engage us in a false consciousness of worshiping the price we pay rather than the actual utility of the product; the 'real secret of success,'"

- Why?
 "For one thing, public memories in consumer society are short-lived or can be easily denied during the business of living our daily lives. 
- At the same time, we live in a symbolic environment saturated with carefully constructed images, raised to a pseudo-art form, even revered as such, by the advertising industry. 
- Appeals to our desires for self-actualization are artfully encoded into objects as meaning. 
- Conveniently, this meaning serves to both distract us from the products’ unpleasant realities and to engage us with our incessant adoration of play."]]> 2018-10-26 13:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/duninwasowicz/kd8csymyrssd/wish/297374874 https://padlet.com/duninwasowicz/kd8csymyrssd/wish/297378765 Article speaks heavily on Nikes brand and how it is a facade for their poor labor ethics. 

- Interesting dynamic since the brand fetishises the products to increase their price whilst also trying to deflect attention away from the working conditions that their suppliers enforce. ]]> 2018-10-26 13:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/duninwasowicz/kd8csymyrssd/wish/297378765 https://padlet.com/duninwasowicz/kd8csymyrssd/wish/297380518 Aim:
- revival of alienation as a concept 
Argument:
- Marx's alienation is still valid now
- explored auto
Method: 
- surveys
Conclusions:
- task variety and task identity are negatively associated with alienation
- weave more contemporary management ideas w Marxist conceptions of the labor process]]> 2018-10-26 13:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/duninwasowicz/kd8csymyrssd/wish/297380518