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Consumerism Feeds This Problem

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Sure, government subsidies and initiatives will help lessen the effects of poverty, but we can help by not insisting on luxuries and giving away some of our excess wealth
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  • 10 months ago

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  • http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/
    Buy Nothing Day is coming!
    Buy Nothing Day is coming!
    Awesome viewpoint lib. Are you taking part in Buy Nothing Day?
    Mulcahey
  • I LOVE BUY NOTHING DAY!
    I have buy nothing days all the time
    =)

    And it's not jet rides and vacations to the Bahamas that are contributing to poverty.
    It's our attitude towards stuff, we 'need' more of it, and we want it as cheap as possible.
    All those cheap imports from third world countries (ahem, walmart) fuel poverty, because there is such a demand for crap we don't need the employees are disposable.
    Don't wanna work for $0.20 an hour?
    There's someone else who will.
    If you're talking about American poverty: well, we've a got a republican in office.
    He takes from the middle class and gives to the rich.
    Look at the tags of the clothes in your closet, I'd be shocked if your found anything made in America in there.
    Buy American Apparel and Lucky.
    nixifer
  • where did you get your hair did? did you pay less than 150 dollars for your cut and color?
    chromehelmet
  • zing!! fist pump!! gotcha !!! whoooo hoo!!!! ahhhhh...I crack me up. o.k. carry on.
    chromehelmet
  • Sweetie, I know you mean well, but it's easy to sit in your car, with your digital camera and complain about Americans wanting to "get ahead".

    No one should apologize for wanting to get ahead, make a decent living for yourself and your family, and to enjoy life as only a free person can. We don't need to deny ourselves to be "moral". We don't need to have self-loathing for living in the most prosperous nation on earth. I can tell you that if someone from a third world country were to have the opportunities that we do, they certainly wouldn't feel the need to apologize for it. We should feel blessed (lucky, if you prefer) and utilize our ability to think and act freely, and yes, even get ahead.
    Pheisty
  • Stylish haircut with highlights..$120, Makeup...$35, Two cars... 40 grand, incredibly hypocritical unrealistic viewpoint..priceless.
    _BDR_
  • Although I do agree $500 spent on a pair of shoes would serve better elsewhere.

    Poverty isn't the syndrome of some cycle Americans invented by taking one too many plane rides on their vacations to Aruba. It's part of the human condition. Whatever we call the "have nots" - the pleb, the proles, the working class, the poor, exc. A class system, like we have in our country (like it or not. I'm not saying I do), requires for some (or most) people to be on the bottom.

    The most important thing we can so is to make sure that those born into poverty are not stuck in poverty by providing a social 'safety net' similar to what's in Europe. Socialized health care and education, social programs and assistance (such as free daycare) in impoverished areas, and a healthy economy are the keys to quelling the pains of poverty- not foregoing your jet ride to the Bahamas.
    LostAtSea
  • She's hot, but the spirit needs the "jet rides and vacations".
    boyoneder82
  • I dont believe its enough to pull us out of the situation but it is a start
    iheartsublime
  • I agree for the most part. A humongous part of our economy depends on consumer spending. See that stimulus package that whizzed through Congress this week? This May, you as a loyal American can now go buy more cheap plastic crap. Woohoo!

    Consumer debt levels are at their highest ever too. And the housing crisis.. well.. let's not go there.. ugh.

    It would be nice if more Americans accepted austerity.
    justawful
  • amen sister. the cycle of consumerism be damned!
    zombies_love_brains
  • This is very true, but is a whole lot deeper than jet rides and vacations in the bahama's. Even the people who can't afford those types of luxuries are still spending on unnecessary things. If we all took a look around our house, we would find many things that we shouldn't have wasted our money on. At least I find myself doing that. We are victims of corporate america. That's it, plain and simple. But, we live in a society where consumerism drives this country. And, it just doesn't seem like there's no end to it...I myself am the most nonconforming conformist I know. I agree with you and understand your message 100%...but what can we really do about it? It's easy to say, don't shop, don't spend, don't go anywhere...but then what are doing with our lives? Sitting around eating and becoming more obese? (lol) Corporate America has gone too far... and we have helped them...there's no turning back now! Now we must deal with the affects that we and our past generations has caused.
    pinkpoet83

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