Humanity as a commodity: that is the cynical, carnival, explosive background of Materialismo histérico. Fables without uplifting morals, their stories paint a society in which to sell, buy, bribe, and blackmail. Together, they form a giant picture of rapacious capitalism turned modern: a world where ambition, power, credit, and commissions are the only engines of existence.
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