My professor was talking about feminism and Barbara Kruger who would put words on pictures and adverts to emphasize the deeper meaning in them that affects the viewer in an often unconscious way.
And basically some quote, not sure if she said it or not, basically said that the people who own and perpetuate businesses reinforce their own morals and beliefs, ultimately transferring them to individuals who don't necessarily have the same opportunities as them.
What struck me then was that regardless if there's a specific group of people colluding named the illuminati, there are people who have more money than the majority of their costumers and to sell anything to their customers, they have to create items with value, though that too is often constructed.
Therefore everyone's buying their identity and no one wants to rupture the system because everyone has been conditioned to think in accordance with it and find ways, within that system, to justify their pain and difficulties. So now even the poor make life long efforts to become socialized and chase money. ANd then you have people who become entertainers who reinforce these ideals as well (Fuck Jay-Z).
Basically we have very little control over who we become. Even managing to become someone who is conscious of all of this isn't likely to happen to the average adult.
Fuck. That. SHit.
