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3 reasons not to buy roses this Valentines Day. Soundtrack by Outkast.
This animation provides a vision of what a post-consumer society could look like, with people working fewer hours and pursuing re-skilling, homesteading, and small-scale enterprises that can help reduce the overall size and impact of the consumer economy.
The authorities are trying to patch up a system that is fundamentally broken. If we let them continue, then we will all end up even deeper in debt, and problems like poverty, extreme inequality and economic chaos will get worse and worse. We need a solution to the crisis that doesn’t involve passing the costs back on to ordinary people.
Psychologist Tim Kasser discusses how a culture of consumerism undermines well-being.
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