{"id":148492,"date":"2025-09-22T11:38:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148492"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:38:24","slug":"consumerism-is-the-final-form-of-slavery-prof-jiang-xueqin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148492","title":{"rendered":"Consumerism is the Final Form of Slavery &#8211; Prof Jiang Xueqin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6-xRk3xAI1o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You all go into debt and you all hate each other &#8221;  Now you know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Jiang Xueqin delivers a chilling breakdown of how modern consumerism traps people in a cycle of comfort, obedience, and silent submission. 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