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Is quantity of crap you don't actually need (admittedly, Walmart sells a lot of necessities but the phrasing "own a house and fill it with the same sorts of thi
by thwarted 17y ago
Is quantity of crap you don't actually need (admittedly, Walmart sells a lot of necessities but the phrasing "own a house and fill it with the same sorts of things" doesn't scream "required for living a good, comfortable life"), how living standards are measured? This is sad.
- pw0ncakes 17y agoAmerican object lesson, post Reagan Era: if you throw enough trinkets at the poor, they forget about their miserable lives for a while and consider themselves middle-class, despite their humiliatingly boring jobs and inability to advance in life. You don't even have to increase wages; that's what credit cards are for. Bonus points if you can drive them tens of thousands of dollars into student debt pursuing degrees that don't get them anywhere.
- iskander 17y agoWhat exactly is "required" for living a good comfortable life? It's easy to set the standard as long as it either doesn't apply to you or cuts out things you don't personally like.