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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by guyy
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.
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The system as it became. People were not the conspicuous consumers that I've seen when I was growing up in the 70's. There aren't 10 different versions of The Usual Suspects that people seem to have to need to own each and every variation.
It is insane. So while people are worrying about how are they now going to pay for things, since their mortgage ATM ran dry, it's on them to figure out how to stop living paycheck to paycheck.
I can't do much about it. I make some popcorn and watch Suze Orman's Can I Afford this segment and laugh my ass off... stupid people.
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