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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I'm not advocating stopping spending all together. I'm talking about spending in moderation, and buying with CASH instead of credit.
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Fine, i don't have any problem with that, but realise that the system as it is -- and that includes our own livliehoods -- depends on unsustainable levels of consumption. It is unsustainable environmentally, but also on its own terms. The economy has depended on consumption, and that in turn depends on consumer credit. It's insane, but that's the way it is -- or was.
If you want to move your argument beyond moralising -- bad, stupid people doing bad, stupid things -- you need to talk about how they can live differently.