I like this critique of Capitalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Dimensional_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Dimensional_Man Yes it's nice having c

I like this critique of Capitalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Dimensional_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Dimensional_Man Yes it's nice having cheap super cool toys. It's nicer having less work and being treated well. But when a social economy interacts with human behavior it usually does not work out that way. But the above, having less work and having more free time, however you do it, is a worth goal for the economy. However you make it happen. Toys are not all that they are made out to be especially when you have no time to play with them. That's all Capitalism I think is doing for us these days. Most methods of producing necessary things are so well understood and so efficient you can run them off machines for the most part. Capitalism is producing really cool toys for everyone. Yay! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_materialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_materialism "Studies in the United States have found that an increase in material wealth and goods in the country has had little to no effect on the well-being and happiness of its citizens." What people need are experiences and those experiences are all about having the time to experience them. "Instead, research shows that purchases made with the intention of acquiring life experiences such as going on a family vacation make people happier than purchases made to acquire material possessions such as a car. Even just thinking about experiential purchases makes people happier than thinking about material ones" It's sort of sick that this idea that you need free time has been turned into the above analysis about purchasing experiences.