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• consumerism

[nucmaz]

I have mixed feelings about this cause when I shop, I feel like maybe I am doing the economy good. However, I am a bargain shopper and if I see a great deal I jump on it. And I have a rule of thumb almost on everything. I never spend anything over $30 on a pair of shoes. get $2/5 on ice cream I.E. haggan dazs or ben and jerry's. and any sale that big chain stores are given or promoting then I jump on it as long as they are good.

[SpreadTheRev]

at nucmaz I know what you're saying, but if you think about the big picture - where would our economy be if we were all consumption? You help the economy in the long run by saving to invest in productive assets.

That said, I love a good bargain myself. I recently got 3 great polo shirts at a thrift store for a buck!

[Mr7laws]

They say they need to get the consumer spending to get the economy back going. They call the US a consumer society. Consumer sounds like a bad label. I don't like being called a consumer.

[SpreadTheRev]

Yes, people have grown up thinking that consuming = good economy. But if you point out to someone that on a micro scale (say a household level) more consumption than production = going broke.

[awakesleepinggiant]

It's definitely all done by design. We as a society are not happy with the way we look or feel so we spend money as you mentioned in order to feel better. The propaganda machine is still alive and well, but I think the American people and our friends around the world are starting to wake to this and all other New World Order schemes to benefit international corporations.

[SpreadTheRev]

Call it what you want - Those in DC and other powerful places have no ones interests at heart but their own.

[saflny]

there's so many activities that are cost effective..many free. i live out west, so the outdoors are my playground. it's not always free, especially skiing. but there's ways around having to spend for happiness. some of this boils down to conforming right? the 20's..hollywood put smoking in the movies. women bought into it. it's been easy for advertisers for decades..

[heythisrocks]

could do so much more with my time than read books i think they fuk with peoples mind to well everything on earth messes with our mind it makes us who we are as a human

[heythisrocks]

so should we be retarded and no nothing and have no creativity i mean dude are u saying we should be like cavemen im glad we got smarter and learned how to make money see new things glad life is more fun alot funnier than kicking rocks in the woods and if u can save ur money than do so i Guss commercial showed u that to life is life live it do wat u do and we shall do Wat we do people are all different which is why we evolved so much lke those books for me thats a waste of money and time

[shakelightly]

Speaking of books, just came across this in my notes of Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal: "It is true that we are not a capitalist system any longer: we are a mixed economy, i.e., a mixture of capitalism and statism, of freedom and controls. A mixed economy is a country in the process of disintegration, a civil war of pressure-groups looting and devouring one another. In this sense, "consumerism" might be the appropriate name for it."

[Mr7laws]

It is very simple. You consume more than you produce you go broke. America is bankrupt right now. It just has not been admitted. I don't mind spending and I like nice things but if you don't have cash to buy maybe you can't afford it. Inflation is here, it is going to get crazy soon. Good Luck!