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You need to be a slave to the system, always chasing the next shiny thing, who will bankroll useless material consumption otherwise? People don't save for rainy
by rawtxapp 5y ago
You need to be a slave to the system, always chasing the next shiny thing, who will bankroll useless material consumption otherwise? People don't save for rainy days and when things go south, everything collapses and the system is too fragile.
- bildung 5y agoPeople in Denmark collectively save for rainy days, which is a pretty efficient solution.
- imtringued 5y agoYou got it backwards, nobody should be a slave to the system. Consumption doesn't have to be useless material consumption, you can consume responsibly the same way you can do anything in life irresponsibly or responsibly. For example, planting a tree is consumption, building a house is consumption, capturing CO2 is consumption.
- rawtxapp 5y agoI already have everything I need, what should I consume next? Those examples are not consumption, they are investments for the future and are arguably a net positive and a saving's mechanism by themselves (saving the planet, your living condition, etc).