To Be or Not To Be a Consumer
Is the simple life a better life? Is free time better than being busy? Is thinking more rewarding than doing?
Our economy is based on being a worker/consumer but when basic needs are met does working more for material goods bring the purpose of life better meaning? Lots of questions with very complicated debates.
It is fun being a consumer, especially when someone else is paying for the consumerism. The simple life is peaceful but boring. Thinking can just complicate things. For instance, I lead a simple life and have my basic needs met. What and why would I waste my brain power thinking. I would actually end up working at thinking about I know not what.
The media and internet do an excellent job of convincing us that we deserve everything that is dangled in front of us. And of course the corporate/political management of the economy has made “buy today-pay later with zero interest” the status quo for young adults. But when this train runs off the rails who will get caught in the wreck?