Why are women the biggest consumers?
Tfw consumerist gf
Adrian Lopez
Leo Watson
Maybe find another, less materialistic gf?
Jaxson Moore
I get what you mean, even speaking out against Disney's hegemony over intellectual property rights and consumerist kitsch business empire feels like I'm blaspheming amongst the adult women in my group.
Men have their own wasteful indulgences too though, like sports cars, gaming rig neons, obsession with meat consumption, steroid use (been there), supplements, health magazines, watches, gadgets etc
Being anti-consumerist is uncommon, even among self proclaimed anti-consumerists.
Jaxon Moore
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Lucas Moore
there's literally no physical possibility of "anti-consumerism" that isn't complete spectacle in a society based around consumerism.
Oliver James
I mean, you can go innawoods like an anprim or refuse to work and beg others for your needs like a monk
Carson Richardson
Isn't anti-consumerist in a capitalist context someone who doesn't make frivolous purchases? Ie someone who doesn't partake in disposable and designer fashion, doesn't buy the latest tech, replaces and only buys new things when one needs to, doesn't buy things as social signifiers, is utilitarian in their assessment of goods etc
Brayden Price
Class 5 liberal spook spotted.
Noah Ward
Capital creates new needs based on consumption for you, and you have to fulfill them if you want to meaningfully participate in society, besides extreme measures like I mentioned. Try getting a job without buying destructive transpiration to interview or paying for internet service. You won't be able to go gather some food, so it looks like you'll need to pay for whatever a few mega agrocorps decide you should feel like "needing" and you'll also "need" a fridge or a can opener. I guess you could instead say you only really "need" the can opener, but at some point it costs you time that you could be spending elsewhere doing something productive because you "need" to prop up the economy and show everyone you matter. I guess you'll "need" electricity for that. What's wrong, feeling depressed? Alienated? Isolated? Maybe you "need" a dog or some yoga classes. Maybe you even "need" some psychotropic drugs.
Brandon Evans
Here’s a solution, don’t buy shit unless it has a practical use.