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* We are made to '''feel irrelevant''' in our cities, and inferior in a 'culture' that we have no influence over — instead a spectacular lifestyle is presented above us, one that we can never really achieve, but must continuously chase after through an ever-escalating series of purchases. | * We are made to '''feel irrelevant''' in our cities, and inferior in a 'culture' that we have no influence over — instead a spectacular lifestyle is presented above us, one that we can never really achieve, but must continuously chase after through an ever-escalating series of purchases. | ||
* The overwhelming mass of image-based consumerist-propaganda that normalises and '''reinforces''' all the problematic attitudes (sexist, racist, homophobic, ableist, classist, transphobic, list goes on...) that it should be our priority to overcome. | * The overwhelming mass of image-based consumerist-propaganda that normalises and '''reinforces''' all the problematic attitudes (sexist, racist, homophobic, ableist, classist, transphobic, list goes on...) that it should be our priority to overcome. | ||
=== Psychological Tricks === | |||
There are a variety of tricks the advertising industry rely on to increase consumer demand. These human hacks tend to take advantage of ancient human heuristics, most common of which include: | |||