• You can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the illusion of changing ourselves is a successfully maintained through shopping.

    Madeleine Bunting: You can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the illusion of changing ourselves is a successfully maintained through shopping.
    "The end is nigh" by Madeleine Bunting, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2001.