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Most of the world's population is low wage workers who don't have any extra for mindless consumption. Somehow they are able to get by without these comforts, an
by lilsunnybee 14y ago
Most of the world's population is low wage workers who don't have any extra for mindless consumption. Somehow they are able to get by without these comforts, and don't even need to meditate.
The real problem here is the yuppie lifestyle. Just think if all of those wasted financial resources could actually go to fund something important, rather than mindless waste. Keeping people exhausted and feeling they are entitled contributes greatly to the problem.
- GFischer 14y agoI'm sorry to say, even low wage workers WANT the "mindless consumption" extras. The doorman at my apartment here in Uruguay (who makes about U$ 1.000 / month) has just spent about a month's wages on some high-tech cell phone with Android (I think it's a Galaxy Note 2). He has a wife and child to feed. The number of people living in hovels (they're called "cantegril" here in Uruguay and "villa miseria" in Argentina and "favela" in Brazil) that have LCD TVs is staggering. There's a subculture that values Nike shoes and steals to get them.