“Americans used to be 'citizens.' Now we are 'consumers.”
“We have become a nation not of citizens but of consumers.”
“Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security.”
“In consumer life we become what we consume-disposable junk to be used and thrown away.”
“Here is the problem: Poor Americans consume too little healthcare, especially preventive healthcare. Other Americans—often rich Americans—consume too much healthcare, often unwisely, and sometimes to their detriment. The American healthcare system combines famine with gluttony.”
“Every state's emblematic propaganda is worshiped by the consumer-citizen as a super-logo, a brand Juggernaut.”