Some critics of capitalist globalization, with its "economics is king" mindset, have suggested that the only personal freedom really left is the freedom to consume, i.e. the freedom to choose from among the many products of technology.
在對現代經濟掛帥與資本全球化的反省聲中，有批評者論述，個人的自由至此可以只剩下消費的自由，也就是在許許多多千變萬化的科技產品中做選擇的自由。