But you are only able to participate on Hacker News from your distant perch, after enjoying a two-year road trip, because of the consumerism (what the author I

But you are only able to participate on Hacker News from your distant perch, after enjoying a two-year road trip, because of the consumerism (what the author I guess means when he says "growthism") that provided the infrastructure you used on that trip and for your current Internet connection.