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Yes. Everyone is a consumer. Most people are producers. When we talk about “consumers”, we are just talking about people in their capacity as someone who buys things. It doesnt mean that is their whole identity. It’s just a useful shorthand. And yes, we can talk about producers and consumers as far back as trade goes, which goes all the way back to pre-history.

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RockBottom@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Capitalism’s rebranding as “consumerism” is reducing people to that one thing they do in order to not starve to death. Capital is a collectivist term (so disliked by the hegemon), while consumer is by nature very individualistic, like *CO2 footprint *and similar propaganda language.

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- blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Are… are you high? “Consumerism” and “capitalism” are completely different terms, used in completely different contexts. And I have never once heard someone use “consumerism” in a positive light. This is conspiracy bullshit
  
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  - RockBottom@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    It’s not positive, that’s right. It’s a way to shift the blame away from the owning class.
    
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