> I wonder which forces are at play who intend to convince us that lowering our standards of living is cool?
I wonder which forces are at play who intend to convince us that continuing living with our current standards is sustainable.
No judgement from me if you do choose to do these things, though. I do see the appeal. Maybe there is no conspiracy, maybe it is a coping mechanism.
When did we consciously decided that :
- having thousands of cars running around us constantly while emitting toxic gases
- wrapping everything in multiple layer of plastic packaging
- eating meat at every meal
- same day delivery / drone delivery
- getting food delivered by people getting paid sub minimum wage
- crypto currencies consuming ridiculous amount of energy for basically nothing
- spending 8 hours a day sitting in front of a computer developing solutions for mega corps exploiting human behaviours to make money
&c. were good things ?
"Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them."
I'm sorry but I fail to see how most of the items on your list have anything to do with living in a tiny home or a van. I suspect you have made assumptions about my lifestyle and priorities based on my comment and if I am correct you'd be wrong.
It wasn't against your lifestyle or even about van life or tiny houses, but more about the fact that what we perceive as "improved standards of living" have no logical foundations and aren't actually improving our lives.
I wonder which forces are at play who intend to convince us that continuing living with our current standards is sustainable.
No judgement from me if you do choose to do these things, though. I do see the appeal. Maybe there is no conspiracy, maybe it is a coping mechanism.
When did we consciously decided that :
- having thousands of cars running around us constantly while emitting toxic gases
- wrapping everything in multiple layer of plastic packaging
- eating meat at every meal
- same day delivery / drone delivery
- getting food delivered by people getting paid sub minimum wage
- crypto currencies consuming ridiculous amount of energy for basically nothing
- spending 8 hours a day sitting in front of a computer developing solutions for mega corps exploiting human behaviours to make money
&c. were good things ?
"Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them."