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It always amazes me how many people get caught up in "chasing the bag."

Unfortunately, inequality has risen, people are now working 60 hrs (full time job, part time, side hustles) to keep up with cost of living and inflation.

Mankind’s progress from subsistence living to abundance over the last 200 years has been brought to you by consumerism. You’re welcome.

What if I need said power tool to do a job to support my family? You are never going to break the materialism in the world. It’s going to get even more pronounced as 3rd countries get richer. Human nature

Rejecting society and its values means society rejects you. Only go down this path if you're okay being literally rejected by almost everyone you know. Family, friends, co-workers. Everyone else at work knows why they're there - for money to buy stuff and to compete against you for money to buy stuff. Materialism *is* the basis of modern society and the only exceptions are extremely impoverished societies that haven't converted to a consumption based economy.

Excellent message, and amazing illustrations ❤

You forgot to mention the biggest cure for materialism-spiritualism

A godless society is doomed to fall.

Fantastic message. I think this is the greater path to human evolution, capitalism only seems to benefit the few who ride on the backs of the many.

Some of the best things I have are from swaps! I am hosting one in April.

The process of message bombardment constitutes the process of mind-managing everyone. The media isn't the source of the bombardment messages, but only function as the mouthpiece.

This is a masterful creation; akin to a book that was lauded for its masterful storytelling. "The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Living Guide" by Matthew Cove

Still true 12 years later... are we better or worse now? My how comment sections have changed.

I've never had my Rolex stab me in the back, and it gives me great joy to admire it's beauty and craftsmanship. Every minute of every day, we see examples all over the world of how terrible people are - stealing, back stabbing, abusing, murdering, you name it. I'll take a nice ride in a Benz any day over an effort to connect with a general population of people who are destined for hell.

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Haha what if those friends and family are the ones who poked ones self esteem (directly or indirectly ) in the first place 😅

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So lets not buy ANYTHING, go broke and starve to death... Simple solution... stop eating.

Thanks for the info. I had the idea for a tool library a while ago, and was glad to see others had already done it. I’m planning to start a tool library in my small town, and hopefully snowball it to the surrounding small towns and eventually even the big ones. Communal ownership is the answer to most of our problems, and tool libraries seem like a fantastic way to show people the benefits of communal ownership.

....get rid of the television....read.....walk......go hiking....get a hobby.....etc etc....

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I don't see any scientific data to back any of this up, including my own life experience. Scientists say x y and z to get paid. All materialism isn't bad. It encourages people to strive to be better than average. And people who have money to be materialistic are some of the nicest I've ever met. He mentions France. They are the rudest and most materialistic people I have met.

Changing this video’s still image close-up of red imagry of “More Fun, Less Stuff” may make this video more relatable, intriguing & inspiring, eh?

For me the responsible of materialism is the Protestant religion. The religion incluences us and the The Protestants religion preach that the only important thing in life is to make money and work hard. For me as a catholic there are more important things, such as family and love.

One of the things I try to do is use the material things I've been blessed with to help others. I have lots of tools, and I've loaned them to neighbors and friends, or done work for them to help them out. I've also had friends lend me certain pieces of equipment that I've needed to do things around my place. I try to maintain my vehicle so it lasts longer, and won't be sent to the junk yard way too early. I compost what I can, and reuse it in my garden, but I don't beat on others about doing it. There's a lot of little things you can do to make life better without having to have all the latest gadgets. But I also try not to by cheap things that won't last that I'll have to throw away and buy another one.

last post was 3 years ago.. looks like there's not a whole lotta interest in this process.. shocking.. rofl I get the concept behind this, but it sure sounds like a "commune" sort of spin.

Understand the big picture . So,they want x version of the world this is best model of the world. Now some people would be selected for this program and their life would be mess ,completely chaotic . You may say it's choice . No,it's not Then you would be in highly parasympathetic mode , which will lead to ms,CFS to many diseases . Then you may or may not recover from this blow and then you start to preach life should be this or that .. So in steps 1) The best world model 2)People chosen 3)They go through crisis and trauma 4)Some heal ,some face this evil ,some perish. 5)This will lead to a new model . Really.

I don't understand why people believe that materialism is about pursuit of material possessions? Materialism is philosophical idea that everything in the world are material and everything can be discovered and explain by physics, chemistry, biology etc. Everything is controlled by natural laws and we don't need to believe in something supernatural to explain processes, events and objectives in world. Materialism is not about money.

Capitalism is a totalitarian ideology more dangerous than communism - you can't really escape and everyone is applauding .. .

In conclusion,it was true in this temporary world actually are rich and are poor in this temporary world actually,it exist actually because Allah only want rich people must help and support poor people in this temporary world actually,it based on give poor people job,and then give them salary in this temporary world.

Unfortunately, there is no "free will"...

I’m a self made multimillionaire and believe it or not I don’t really own much stuff. I drive a normal car which is worth £10,000 ($12,000) and I don’t own and flashy items like expensive watches etc.

Love it! That's totally what we are seeking to support with our nonprofit's mission.

Nihilism Nihilism Nihilism You've got a problem Your Evil is impure Nihilism You've got a problem You can't Reverse your car Nihilism You've got a problem You don't know How to draw Nihilism Nihilism 'Images are made of 2D shapes (pictorial acreage fact of height and width), 2D shapes represent 3D form (geometry of perspective fact); images represent 3D form (scientific method deduction).' CHECK MATE all visual culture and broadcast media, love God. Thus atheism has no philosophical basis as proven by the transcendental pictorial context of perspective geometry. It's called the New Western Enlightenment.

That is not a philosophic materialism.

I am so un-materialistic that I use an iPhone mini

The destruction of the planet

We are killing ourselves with stuff.

Solution: stop buying so much bullsh*t you don’t need

And it hasn't gotten better since this posted 10 years ago. Actually it's much worse. I would like to see the stats of how much of this is on credit. It's most of it.

For real answers Ask questions about Then LOOK INTO ISLAM Read the Quran

If you want to impress God and the Universe then leave minimalist and intrinsic. If you want to impress people then lead consumerist life. Simple!

V nicd video love it

I don't think the author and artist quite understand the way see-saws work. When I played on them you actively WANTED your end to go down: going up implied you were lightweight and powerless!

"You'll Never see a U-Haul follow a Hearse". -Denzel Washington.

Boy the problem has sure grown worse since this video was made

I buy toys but still go cycling and meet with my friends. You can do both. And materialism is hardly a modern phenomenon. It’s been like that since the beginning of time and it will be like that till the end of time.

if the more i get something, i will realized there are so many thing that i cant’t have. in conclusion, those negative feelings are popped up from our mind in depth.

Anyone else here because of online school?

anyone know a good burger place ?