IBC

Department III

Department of Acquisition

Department Head: The Crusher (Chief Acquisition Officer)

Field Correspondent: The Merchant

"We convinced them that having MORE is the same as BEING more."

— The Crusher, Soul Market Watch Annual Report

Organizational Units

Bureau of Avarice

Pure wealth accumulation. Reframes greed as ambition, hoarding as wisdom, exploitation as entrepreneurship.

Bureau of Gluttony

Consumption beyond need. Extends beyond food to experiences, possessions, status symbols. The religion of "more."

Bureau of Artificial Scarcity

Engineers perceived scarcity to drive panic acquisition. You never have enough because the goalposts move.

Consumer Devotion Division

Under: Avarice

Lifestyle Inflation Division

Under: Gluttony

Latest Dispatches

KPI Update

Area demon reports record Q4 soul acquisition numbers across all Western regions.

Bureau of Avarice │ 2h ago

Market Alert

Consumer Devotion Division confirms "treat yourself" now outperforms prayer as coping mechanism.

Consumer Devotion Division │ 8h ago

Bulletin

Lifestyle Inflation Division ensures rising wages produce zero net contentment gain for seventh consecutive year.

Lifestyle Inflation Division │ 1d ago

Key Metrics

Consumer Debt

$4.8T

▲ 22.1%

Soul Acquisition

+14.2M

QoQ

Contentment Rate

-18%

YoY

Brand Devotion

91%

▲ 3.4%

Scripture Reference

Spiritual truth being inverted: Detachment, contentment, spiritual wealth over material

"You cannot serve both God and money."

Matthew 6:24