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Details: Written by: Kamran Mofid; Published: 30 January 2013; Hits: 3171

In today’s money-only-driven world, devoid of any values but the worship of mammon, democracy means the ability to consume, whilsts the citizens are valued only as consumers.

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…”To see how this works, it is necessary to understand the context of Cameronite "localism". Its premises are rooted in what might be called a neoliberal governmentality – the idea that through the correct application of market-based incentives, people can be gradually moulded into neoliberal subjects. People's behaviour, driven by such incentives, would determine how they thought and felt about the world. As the French philosopher Louis Althusser once put it, "Kneel down, move your lips in prayer, and you shall believe."

The Commodification of Life: A path to turn the citizens into neo-liberal consumers

In today’s money-only-driven world, devoid of any values but the worship of mammon, democracy means the ability to consume, whilsts the citizens are valued only as consumers.