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is meant to envy herself. She is meant to imagine herself transformed by the product into an object of envy for others, an envy which will then justify her loving herself.

The spectator-buyer is meant to envy herself as she will become if she buys the product. She is meant to imagine herself transformed by the product into an object of envy for others, an envy which will then justify her loving herself. John Berger

is not to be protected by the government, but against it.

Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government. Milton Friedman

is so it is said, the king. Each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that he wants done.

The consumer, so it is said, is the king each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that he wants done. Paul Samuelson

is what the American, who was formerly a citizen, has become.

Americans used to be 'citizens.' Now we are 'consumers.' Vicki Robin, writer (1945-), Your Money or Your Life (1999)

is the future occupation of all of today's children.

Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers. David Riesman

is a group that never complains about ads being too smart.

Consumers never complain about ads being too smart.

is a group of people who do not think how they feel, which is to say that they don't say what they think and they don't do what they say.

Consumers don't think how they feel. They don't say what they think and they don't do what they say.

consumer (n.): The natural prey of brands.

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