Let's shed a little light on why we're at where we're at...in terms of our super consumer nation, shall we?
Way back when following WWII some retail analyst dude, Victor Lebeau to be exact, came up with a scheme to deal with a post-war economy.
"our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption...we need things consumed, burned up, replaced, and discarded at an ever accelerating rate."
(This might sound familiar to you if you watched the Story of Stuff)
Well thank you for that sir! I mean really, are you kidding me with this? HOW is this a good idea! Why is consuming finite resources at an accelerated and horribly inefficient rate a good idea? FINITE...define it...that's right, as in not going to last forever. Oh but no worries, because we're humans!! So the normal rules that govern the rest of existence don't apply. Well thanks god! Now get out there and burn it, trash it, replace it and do it all over again! After all it's our duty as Americans. (dripping with sarcasm)
Does this infuriate anyone else out there?
Sorry for the rant...I do that occasionally.
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