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A sucker for conspicuous consumption
You’ll find “the Vacuum Cleaner”—not as well-known as James, a UK-based activist and artist who asked us to withhold his last name because many of his actions are illegal—in the mall, but not among the domestic appliances. On entering what he calls “the Church of the Immaculate Consumption,” he kneels before clothing and makeup displays, hands thrust skyward, loudly praising the designer brands for “the opportunity to buy a beautiful lifestyle.”
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