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Originally posted by Johnny Rotten
Not too long ago, people grew their own food, herded their own animals, built their own houses, made their clothes, and basically created 99% of what they owned. Fast forward to today, and it is nearly the opposite, in the industrialized world. Yet, being able to buy instead of laboring to make hasn't, on a large scale, made us explore our creative sides, or work towards improving the standard of living--it's just addicted us to the luxury of consuming, especially in the entertainment sector. Movies, music, videogames, 500-channel cable TV lineups, etc.
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Hey that’s great, why don't you go get a cabin in Montana and see what fun it is. Life basically sucked. You lived you worked you died. The middle class now lives the lives of kings compared to these poor slobs.
You know I like that my clothes are not home spun, they don't itch, don't need to be patched, and I have more then 2 pairs of pants.
I like that my food is bought. I have a hard time growing oranges in Chicago, lettuce in the winter, and pigs stink. Instead I just buy it, mnmmm mmmm good.
I like that I don't have to tend the fields. I have a slight allergy to grasses which I'm sure would have really sucked as a farmer.
I like that my life-expectancy isn't in the high 30's.
I like that my wife’s chance of dying in childbirth is a lot less.
I like that my tools are made of steel instead of hard to care for iron.
I like that I can post this with my computer.
NO one is stopping you from going back to the way we were. I'm not sure if the Amish would accept you but its worth a shot.
Its important that people understand how lucky we are now, but no fucking way would I dream of going back.