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Well we don't need a TV at all. Or a 2,000 square foot house, or an education. We could just subsistence farm or something. Your life is what you make out of i
by muninn_ 10y ago
Well we don't need a TV at all. Or a 2,000 square foot house, or an education. We could just subsistence farm or something.
Your life is what you make out of it. I work hard, think consumerism is dumb, and I generally spend my extra income by investing it. But I also enjoy getting some really great coffee (not necessarily from Starbucks) or watching a really fun TV show. Try not to worry too much about what frivolous things people spend money on, or it'll drive you crazy.
- coldtea 10y ago>Well we don't need a TV at all. Or a 2,000 square foot house, or an education. We could just subsistence farm or something. Because it's either BS consumerism or subsistence farming?
- muninn_ 10y agoWell, what's consumerism to one isn't to another. If you're going to discuss needs and say somebody doesn't "need" something, then frankly there is a lot that we don't "need". To sustain life we could probably all get by as farmers and anything else would just be more than we "need".
- eveningcoffee 10y agoWhat farmers? People used to kill other animals and pick berries, fruits and seeds.
- witty_username 10y agoThat's pretty tiring. Easier to just throw seeds into the ground and let it grow. You can just pick it much more easily.
- eveningcoffee 10y agoIt is a simplistic view of it. Hardest part of the farming is not seeding, even not land preparation and maintaining, but making sure that you are the one to pick and keep the harvest.
- coldtea 10y ago>Well, what's consumerism to one isn't to another. The same is true for a number of horrible things too: some people like them and go for them. That doesn't make them less bad. I'm not in favor of total relativism...
- eveningcoffee 10y agoI do not know, but it feels that you equal the consumerism and education. Perhaps this is an misinterpretation?