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> So, of course people's identities are consumption centered > The structure of society and the discourse that supports it plays a big role in constraining and
by parl_match 8mo ago
> So, of course people's identities are consumption centered
> The structure of society and the discourse that supports it plays a big role in constraining and guiding how people think and what choices people can even imagine are open to them when making decisions. So not all the responsibility or blame should be focused on individuals, but on large social structures, practices, and discourses.
Skill issue.
- array_key_first 8mo agoIf you exist within a society you must play by the societies rules, to an extent. There's no free pass from consumption, everybody must consume. Even the act of not consuming can become consumption. Minimalism, the almost anithesis of consumption, itself became a new avenue of consumption. You can, of course, genuinely live modestly with minimal consumption. Keyword minimal. You just always consume to an extent.
- fuzzfactor 8mo ago>You can, of course, genuinely live modestly with minimal consumption. Keyword minimal. You just always consume to an extent. This is ideal for some people, and/or at certain times, I've done it. But it's still only half the equation. I prefer to produce much much rather than consume. I want to produce so much real tangible value added, that the amount I consume is negligible by comparison.
- array_key_first 8mo agoIn my opinion, just by virtue of living in the developed world you're not going to be producing more than you consume. That's how the core works, it siphons from the periphery.