We all live in the same world. A world where if you’re not consuming, you’ll fall behind. Simple fact is that often we HAVE to be consumers to do anything. There’s, of course, a middle ground. Don’t buy a new phone every year. Wear your clothes til they aren’t wearable anymore. Drive your car til it falls apart before replacing it.
These are the kinds of things that absolutely make sense as a consumer, but until either everyone is on board and the producers have reason to slow, or until there’s legislative action, any individual measures are drops in the bucket.
I’ll be honest “fall behind” isn’t a good phrasing on my part. It’s more accurate to say that you straight up can’t participate in aspects of modern society without some degree of consumerism. At least not without some difficult hoop-jumping.
We all live in the same world. A world where if you’re not consuming, you’ll fall behind. Simple fact is that often we HAVE to be consumers to do anything. There’s, of course, a middle ground. Don’t buy a new phone every year. Wear your clothes til they aren’t wearable anymore. Drive your car til it falls apart before replacing it.
These are the kinds of things that absolutely make sense as a consumer, but until either everyone is on board and the producers have reason to slow, or until there’s legislative action, any individual measures are drops in the bucket.
Fall behind whom? And by what metric?
I’ll be honest “fall behind” isn’t a good phrasing on my part. It’s more accurate to say that you straight up can’t participate in aspects of modern society without some degree of consumerism. At least not without some difficult hoop-jumping.