Ivan Illich on the Third World and Western Products

„Once the Third World has become a mass market for the goods, products, and processes which are designed by the rich for themselves, the discrepancy between demand for these Western artifacts and the supply will increase indefinitely.“

Ivan IllichIvan Illich examines the widening gap between demand for Western goods and their supply in the Third World.
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Ivan Illich was an Austrian-American philosopher, social critic, and priest, known for his critical views on modern society and institutions.

Ivan Illich critiques the widening gap between demand for Western products and their actual availability in the Third World.


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Ivan Illich quote about the Third World becoming a mass market for Western products

Ivan Illich (1926–2002) was an Austrian-American philosopher, social critic, and priest. He criticized industrial society and the institutionalization of life, especially in medicine and education. Illich's work influenced numerous social theorists and activists.

Ivan Illich quote about development and underdevelopmentCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The goals of development are always and everywhere stated in terms of consumer value packages standardized around the North Atlantic-and therefore always and everywhere imply more privileges for a few... Underdevelopment is the result of a state of mind common to both socialist and capitalist countries. Present development goals are neither desirable nor reasonable. Unfortunately antiimperialism is no antidote." Ivan Illich
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Edward Bernays quote about advertising, propaganda, and creating continuous public demandCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"A single factory, potentially capable of supplying a whole continent with its particular product, cannot afford to wait until the public asks for its product; it must maintain constant touch, through advertising and propaganda, with the vast public in order to assure itself the continuous demand which alone will make its costly plant profitable." Edward Bernays
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Edward Bernays quote about mass production, steady sales, and the creation of consumer demandCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Mass production is only profitable if its rhythm can be maintained.. that is, if it can continue to sell its product in steady or increasing quantity. The result is that while, under the handicraft or small-unit system of production that was typical a century ago, demand created the supply, today supply must actively seek to create its corresponding demand." Edward Bernays
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