Consuming a civilization’s goods does not align one with its values or politics

Evidence

Only naive arrogance can lead Westerners to assume that non-Westerners will become “Westernized” by acquiring Western goods. What, indeed, does it tell the world about the West when Westerners identify their civilization with fizzy liquids, faded pants, and fatty foods? — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 158 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Having consumer goods does not disprove that rioters were poor — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1590; Comfortable consumption closes off imagining any alternative society — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 166; Consuming Western goods does not Westernize non-Westerners — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 158 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Consuming Western goods does not Westernize non-Westerners #expands (0.95) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 158
• Culture consumed as consumer goods manipulates people rather than liberating them. #complicates (0.74)