Yet none of the stuff we consumeno matter how much bigger
our SUV is than our neighbor's, no matter how many Whoppers we wolf down, no
matter how many DVDs we own or how much Zoloft we takemakes us feel full, or
satisfied or happy.
So we consume some more.
And the line between personal responsibility and corporate
responsibility gets finer and more blurred. Yes, you're still responsible for
your own life, your own health, your own happiness. But your desires, the
things you want, the things you think you needthat's all
manipulated by corporate advertising and marketing that now whisper and shout
and wink at you from every corner of your lifeat home, at work, at school, at
play.
Consume. Consume. Still not happy? Then you obviously haven't
consumed enough.
Like this book, the epidemic of over consumption that's
plaguing the nation begins with the things we put in our mouths. Since the
1960s, everyone has known that smoking kills, but it's only been in the last few
years that we've become hip to a new killer, one that now rivals smoking as the
leading cause of preventable deaths in America and, if current trends continue,
will soon be the leading cause: overeating.
From Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock. Copyright Morgan Spurlock 2005. All rights reserved. No part of this book maybe reproduced without written permission from the publisher, Putnam Publishing.
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