<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Consumer culture trains people to interpret every... > Consumer culture trains people to interpret every gift as the opening move of a sale. Generosity becomes credible only through repeated conduct that allows usefulness to exist without every act revealing an immediate extraction plan. **Source:** [[livestreams/Social Media Is Social — Reciprocity, Usefulness, and Service - Workbook|Social Media Is Social — Reciprocity, Usefulness, and Service]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Consumer culture trains people to interpret every gift as the opening move of a sale. Generosity becomes credible only through repeated conduct that allows usefulness to exist without every act revealing an immediate extraction plan.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-consumer-culture-trains-immediate-extraction-plan ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->