Cultural resistance to market pressure remains possible despite capitalism’s dominance

Evidence

But culture ultimately emerges from our mutual expectations of each other, which means that resistance is always possible. Even when capitalism’s tidal wave is crashing over society, individuals can choose to build dams and levees to keep the water at bay. The market wanted Pearl Jam to assume the role of superstars; they said no. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 21

Categorization

• XREF: Pearl Jam’s refusal of superstardom is a concrete counterexample the reader can hold against the omnivore monoculture thesis. — connects to: People still sustain cultural commons daily despite hyper-consumer society — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 133