ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago31 Days of Halloweeni.ibb.coexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoCould not agree with this more. Capitalist society takes literally every event with some meaning and sincerity and just turns it into consumerist bullshit stuffed full of pop-culture.
minus-squarexenoclast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoAll religious and cultural holidays are just co-opted versions of some previous culture. In this case “pagan”->“Christian”->“Corporate Capitalism” It sucks but that shit is forever in the past.
Could not agree with this more. Capitalist society takes literally every event with some meaning and sincerity and just turns it into consumerist bullshit stuffed full of pop-culture.
All religious and cultural holidays are just co-opted versions of some previous culture.
In this case “pagan”->“Christian”->“Corporate Capitalism”
It sucks but that shit is forever in the past.