The consumerism lie is a whopper that goes against thousands of years of human experience.
The lie?
That life would suck without a bunch of stuff you don't need, and that we all need more of it. And if we can't get more, we will not be happy.
Are we to believe that before consumerism no one was ever happy?
Before there was air travel, were people happy?
Before cars?
Before fast food?
Before computers and smart phones?
Before vinyl siding, forever chemicals, and big box stores?
Of course they were.
Most likely though, they were happier (and healthier) than we are today. That’s progress, folks.
Consumerism isn't to make us happier. It is to make the pushers of stuff happier.
Will more crap will make us happier?
In my experience the opposite is more accurate. Over the years as my minimalism has maximalized, I find myself with less and less stuff, and more and more happiness.
Upon investigation, all the evidence across the eons shows us that collecting a stuff we don’t need, and making our happiness dependent on that, was never a good idea, and it still isn’t.
And that is no lie.
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