Then you will fight constant temptation for things... constant consumerism, power, money, sex, peace, a house, children, privacy, simplicity.
Some have more widely contextualized narratives, including references to the "evil presidentes" working for the "clampdown", the lingering effects of the Spanish Civil War, and how constant consumerism leads to unavoidable political apathy on "Lost in the Supermarket".
"I really do think that people owe themselves a dialogue about technology that steps aside for one moment from the kind of constant churn of consumerism – away from whether you have the latest iPhone and what about the Apple Watch and so forth – and takes a look at the whole picture," Underkoffler says.
Advertising and consumerism are constant targets, and not even the show's own tireless merchandising is immune to barbs.
Glaswegians are divided in their use of litter bins or their ability to – without remorse – continue the constant rain of discarded spent consumerism.
We see this not only in many of our government's frantic terrorism policies but also in our obsessive need to prolong life -- no matter the cost or even discomfort -- through ridiculous medical interventions, through our rampant consumerism, our obsession with constant entertainment, and our never-ending need for distraction through electronic gadgets.
I've witnessed spectacles of gourmet gluttony and wasteful indulgence that pique my constant (if latent) guilt about encouraging excessive consumerism.
Modern capitalism has liberated Western women "from being defined by their biology," Bunting says, but at the same time "mothers have ended up relegated to the status of constant abject failure in a culture driven by consumerism and workaholism".
"In addition, there are constant assaults on the natural environment, the result of unbridled consumerism, and this will have serious consequences for the world economy.
This constant evolution of the fashionable form, she thinks, is entirely down to consumerism.
That 'New York energy,' of constant street interaction, is now being steadily replaced by gentrification, conformity, disconnection (headphones, iPhones), wealth, and consumerism.
