Newfie wrote:We need to back off partisanship and look towards practical solutions.
OK, you start.
Give one practical solution to "consumerism."
Newfie wrote:We need to back off partisanship and look towards practical solutions.
Pops wrote:Acquisition confers status, it has since forever.
evilgenius wrote:Similarly, there should be a lot more research done, and study that can be done as a result of that, aimed at finding the best ways to parent. For it's the parents of children who cause these things. We are used to thinking about them coming from abusive situations, which they often do, but they also come from what we like to call normal homes as well.
vtsnowedin wrote:It depends on what your clutter and stuff is.
Pops wrote:
Facebook is the Matrix
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Pops wrote:Pretty funny newf, I was being serious.
You won't tisk-tisk people into changing what comes instinctively. Look at prohibition, Just Say No, lottery ticket sales, Be Best!
China imprisoned relatives for years to coerce women to submit to forced sterilization. Yet fertility in the US is only 10% higher even with all sorts of incentives and higher standard of living.
So, no, not simple.
Newfie wrote:Ibon,
You know that Consumerisim did not exist until it was invented and marketed.
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vtsnowedin wrote:Newfie wrote:Ibon,
You know that Consumerisim did not exist until it was invented and marketed.
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Naah! It is as old as stone age hunters swapping part of their kill with the old man that spent his days knapping out flint points.
Newfie wrote:Ibon,
This is a very plastic concept,
Newfie wrote: it’s not encoded in our DNA, we have changed before, we can change again. In fact we WILL change, better to do it early and avoid the pain.
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