[–] Sitnikoff ago (edited ago)
The new technologies coming like automation & AI & much more will reverse this trend and usher in a new agricultural reformation and a new technological reformation. Do your best to prepare to be your own scientist, engineer and producer to get a head start above everyone else.
[–] Swallow_That ago
Well make something at home then. Get yourself a hobby like woodworking. Learn to make your own (non-upholstered) furniture. Then come back here and whine about being disenchanted with post WWII America.
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[–] ButtonQuail 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
But that would inconvenience me and destroy the GDP.
[–] 1Sorry_SOB 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I hate consumerism too. When my wife was a girl she used her mother's sewing machine to make clothes. Does anyone still have a sewing machine?
Making things takes you away from the TV.
[–] ButtonQuail 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I have a sewing machine! My grandmother taught me to sew since I was a little girl and got me my own machine for Christmas when I was 13. I’ve been making my own clothes ever since.
[–] ButtonQuail 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
My grandmother grew up during the depression and her family was always poor, but they got by just fine. I’m lucky she passed on her knowledge to me. I hate living in a culture of consumerism, but I don’t participate in it. It mainly just upsets me that people have no idea their lives could be so much better.
[–] sinclair 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You may not be seeing it; at least in our house, my kids are learning to do things themselves. They're Gen Alpha, hopefully, anti-consumerism. They earn everything, and wife is on board with this. Think before you use money to solve your problems is a lesson they learn every day.
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[–] ButtonQuail 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Why not both?