SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethical Eating, Consumer Capitalism, Dog Meat
10 Oct 2016
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Consumer capitalism is a theoretical economic and social political condition in which consumer demand is manipulated, in a deliberate and coordinated way, on a very large scale, through mass-marketing techniques, to the advantage of sellers. Predictability: knowing what is available at all times, able to just go get it. Convenience: convenient hours of operation, parking spots, etc. Social injustice: buying cheaper imported products is an injustice to local farmers (less work/money for them) Global imports can alter climate (global warming from transports around the world) From importing cheaper foods from other places around the world. Also from importing products not currently in season locally (keeping up with variety principle) A store in which there is only one brand available of each item. A system where you pay a certain amount for a weekly basket of vegetables, but you don"t know ahead of time how many or what kind of vegetables you will get.
