This 2024 documentary examines how major brands deploy marketing tactics, planned obsolescence, and design choices to drive endless consumer spending. It details the resulting waste, landfills, and environmental damage through interviews with former executives and experts from companies like Amazon, Adidas, and Apple. The narrative centers on systemic corporate practices framed as manipulative and harmful to people and the planet.
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Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy.
Woke representation / casting
Real expert talking heads only; no forced diversity or identity signaling.
0%
Woke political dialogue
Insiders deliver direct critiques of corporate greed and manipulation tactics.
40%
Identity-driven story themes
No identity politics, gender, race, or queer themes.
0%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Core narrative frames corporate capitalism and consumerism as a flawed, manipulative system destroying the environment and lives.
70%
Woke character or canon changes
Not present in this title.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Style debates only; no woke, identity, or activist backlash reported.
15%
Creator track record context
No relevant prior work cited.
0%
Production
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