For we are surely drawing to the end of the era of heroic consumption.
This is the 1950s, the beginning of an era of mass consumption in American culture.
In an era of unbridled consumption, where big tech companies appear mightier than ever, it's easy to feel disenfranchised.
"The era of conspicuous consumption, at least for the foreseeable future, has come to a close," said Paco Underhill, the author of "Why We Buy".
A good chunk of the exhibition's appeal is its tangibility, an increasingly precious commodity in an era of virtual consumption.
With peace at hand, and its reputation restored, American business fueled a new era of mass consumption through relentless advertising, sophisticated market research and novel forms of credit, like the charge card.
The crisis has ended the era of Putinist consumption, the tacit deal under which the Kremlin promised its middle classes rising living standards in exchange for political quiescence.How will Mr Putin replace it?
Mr. Pérez burst onto the Latin American political scene in the mid-1970s when a quadrupling of oil prices suddenly enriched Venezuela's government, opening the way for state-led development efforts and an era of glitzy consumption known here as "Venezuela Saudita," or Saudi Venezuela.
But lest you think this is a klaxon for the new era of video consumption and shuttering of broadcast business models, it's not.
Snap's strategy is to be how the best old-world content creators adapt to the next era of video consumption.
