Consuming the Ego

The ego. Mankind's conspiracy against itself. It subjects you and your sense of personality to be shaped by outside sources. While important for inspirational purposes, these sources can easily corrupt and munipulate your ego. Your sense of identity has vanished, your individuality has been stolen, your personality has changed without even being conscious of it. We exist in each others minds, thinking the same thoughts, using mind control to get what we need. By living ordinary, mundane lives we are subjecting ourselves to real danger without even knowing it. The danger of identity theft, the worst kind of extortion.

We deal with this theft in one shallow way. Consuming. We reaffirm our sense of identity by becoming overly materialistic. We feel we can stave off death itself through work and personal property. We buy products to express our fake personalities. Products that fit into the labels and stereotypes society has given us after stripping away what was already there. We submit ourselves to these objects, truly believing this is who we are and developing the fake personality to match it. Identity theft.