tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post4259425431639576735..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: The Consumership QuestionGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-61114717826709343122019-07-29T02:16:42.321-03:002019-07-29T02:16:42.321-03:00Wanting to get off the consumer wheel is the first...Wanting to get off the consumer wheel is the first step to making it happen. I applaud you for having the foresight to know your life (and the planet) would be better without all the endless buying of things we don't really need.<br /><br />We need more people to convert themselves from consumers back into citizens, then exercise the power that comes with that.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-56849550037005653902019-07-29T02:14:26.133-03:002019-07-29T02:14:26.133-03:00The consumer economy makes up about 70% of the who...The consumer economy makes up about 70% of the whole system. It is a Ponzi scheme in that if they don't get new suckers buying in at the bottom, the entire thing will collapse under its own groaning weight and come crashing to the ground to die in the rubble of reality.<br /><br />If we all just quit buying shit, the system would begin to change in an instant. It will involve some pain and discomfort, though, I am afraid. But continuing on as if nothing is wrong won't be much fun either. <br /><br />What a bind we have created for ourselves.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-58532120766895722772019-07-27T10:39:56.029-03:002019-07-27T10:39:56.029-03:00In the past I've heard our leaders chastise &q...In the past I've heard our leaders chastise "We the People" for not buying enough to keep the economy going strong. It didn't matter if we had the money to do so or needed the consumables. We are cogs in the never ending wheel of the rich getting richer and poor getting poorer.<br /><br />Just last week there was also a report that came out that stated Americans have the lowest birth rate in decades. That should be something to celebrate, but instead we are chastised for not having enough children to keep the economy going in the future. Guess the fact that the planet is so over crowded with people that we won't have enough food or water to survive, for other species to survive, for the present ecosystem to survive doesn't matter.Marlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823027336359766111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-79886947116118399732019-07-26T14:09:17.786-03:002019-07-26T14:09:17.786-03:00As a person trying to get off the consumer wheel a...As a person trying to get off the consumer wheel and doing a rather good job I might add I find your last two lines very funny, or scary.....Out My windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456481267171643227noreply@blogger.com