Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
This is sort of what I meant. We work primarily in a market economy. If it doesn't fit into this model, it will have a hard time fitting at all. From this system people find out their information, learn what's good and what's not, and ultimately are influenced by it. The Internet, billboards, magazines, television, newspapers, word of mouth--it's hard to think for yourself when there are no filters (or, should I say, too many?).
Profits make the world go 'round, which is why I'm thinking we will need a great and reactionary shift when (or if) the shit hits the fan. People were efficient during the Depression for a reason.
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But isn't that just the same kind of problem?
I find it to be the same kind of oxymoron as Alternative music. One day their weren't alternative anymore. So what happened to them as alternative? They weren't.
If you get people to consume your eco-product for reducing consumption, you're actually working against what you want people to do which is consume less.
One of the things that I believe is problematic but yet wonderful is the globalization of goods. I love that I can easily get products from Europe without issue. I can get strawberries in wintertime because they are shipped in from South America. I can get cheap goods manufactured in China, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Thailand.
Does that make sense?
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