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No, there are just too many with a lifestyle way too consumeristic. Eliminating the western lifestyle, especially the American one should be enough.
by chobeat 8y ago
No, there are just too many with a lifestyle way too consumeristic. Eliminating the western lifestyle, especially the American one should be enough.
- idDriven 8y agoSo we need to put more effort into building effective mass transportation to help the populace achieve this goal right? I mean I agree, I visited London and want the US to have an equivalent mass transit system, in most of the US you cannot find work if you don't have a car. These are hard things to modify at the individual level though.
- beatgammit 8y agoThat's a fairly small part of the problem. Think of all the other stuff westerners take for granted: - plastic wrapping on goods - frequent replacement of electronic devices - rapidly changing wardrobe - waste inherent in eating out - large quantity of meat in diet The western lifestyle is far more expensive than, say, African or central Asian lifestyles. We consume far more than other cultures. Improving mass transit would certainly help, but the crux of the issue is that it's a culture issue.
- amibang 8y agoWell we could have more people with less consumeristic lifestyle and smaller houses, but is that really what we want? I don't want to live in a tiny apartment. I want to live in a big house with a garage so I can start companies like Jeff Bezos.
- evanlivingston 8y agoWhile I agree the typical American lifestyle is hugely consumerist, by numerous measures Americans do not have the largest economical footprint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ecological_footprint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ecologica...