FILE 7: Everything Became for Sale

A 13-Part Cultural Investigation There was a time when selling something required restraint.A reason.A line you did not cross. Some things were understood to be off limits.Privacy.Dignity.Intimacy.Belief. Money existed.Markets existed.But not everything was a product. Somewhere along the way, the boundary dissolved.Not loudly.Not suddenly.But persistently enough that nothing felt sacred for long. Selling stopped being … Read more