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One problem that I see is that in our infinite wisdom as a country we never put limits on capital hording.
So there is no "enough."
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One problem that I see is that in our infinite wisdom as a country we never put limits on capital hording.
So there is no "enough."
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Thus we have these hypercapitalistic neofeudal robber barons like Jeff Bezos of Amazon, who exploit our market-driven economy to its very limit to become wealthy to a point that defies reason.
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Amazon itself is an abomination, and it represents everything that is wrong with our oligarchical kleptocratic fascist state.
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Part of the behemoth's success is reliant on debt-driven consumption.
The idea that we should aspire to buy what we don't need with money we don't have to impress those we don't even like.
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The idea that we should aspire to buy what we don't need with money we don't have to impress those we don't even like.
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This debt-driven overconsumption is a plague, a pox upon humanity, our planet and its other inhabitants.
And it leaves its practitioners broken, yet addicted. Vacuous, yet lusting to fulfill their desires for even more at any cost.
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And it leaves its practitioners broken, yet addicted. Vacuous, yet lusting to fulfill their desires for even more at any cost.
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This emptiness can be satiated, however, by finding meaning in the ephemeral journey of life itself. Through connections and experiences rather than debt and materialistic endeavors.
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In America 70% of the GDP is driven by consumption, and the vast majority of it is frivolous consumption.
Imagine if we were to abandon the ways of Edward Bernays, and embrace meaning-driven existence.
Much of the rot would self-resolve in time.
There is hope for us yet.
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Imagine if we were to abandon the ways of Edward Bernays, and embrace meaning-driven existence.
Much of the rot would self-resolve in time.
There is hope for us yet.
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