Aristophanes wrote:
zkydz wrote:
There is something so appealing to me about a quiet life of having what you need and not all the shinies that only entertain.
Short:
I concur.
TLDR:
TBH, I don't even think they entertain people. As recently as 100 years ago people didn't go through "products" like they do today, necessities, toys and the like. People had to take care of their crap, that creates an emotional attachment to the object-- the object then has real meaning to the person. Now society is designed to just consume and throw away through "planned obsolescence". Great for the economy, not so great for the human condition. People are taught to consume more than the next: "keeping up with the Jones'" "if you don't take it someone else will", etc. The objects they acquire become temporary highs of living those ideals, but they're never fulfilling because the product itself doesn't deserve a real emotional attachment, it's temporary and people subconsciously know that. That in essence is the sickness of greed and why having "more" will never cure it.
Yes, subconsciously knowing it, is very true, even when people make a fuss about all they got.
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