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Populist_Prole

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11. You're all not going to believe this but

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 12:03 PM

Jul 2014

I recently had a conversation with a hard-right acquaintence and his take was that this consumerism was...get this..."driven by the libruls and the librul media that we have to have all this stuff".

I was like, "The liberals!!?? YGBFSM! You damned well it's a conservative thing! Whose coffers is all this money spent on this stuff going into?"

Definitely a case of a hammer seeing everything in the world as a nail.

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Consume, Consume, Consume With The False Promise Of Happiness! [View all] mia Jul 2014 OP

Do you follow Buddhist teachings? PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #1

Not sure. mia Jul 2014 #3

. snagglepuss Jul 2014 #2

Yes. mia Jul 2014 #6

I thought all of this was well-known. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #4

I need to remind myself from time to time. mia Jul 2014 #8

Yup, well known, and very Buddhist davekriss Jul 2014 #13

"Demands"? Well, if you can't think for yourself, I guess that's a fair characterization. randome Jul 2014 #5

All those advertisements must be working. mia Jul 2014 #10

Consumption preserves the illusion of middle class comfort n/t leftstreet Jul 2014 #7

... and reduced consumption helps to extend the illusion into old age. mia Jul 2014 #12

It's the basis of advertising. Trillo Jul 2014 #9

It's as if having particular things that others can't have will make us somehow better. mia Jul 2014 #14

You're all not going to believe this but Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #11

I can imagine...for him the 'libruls' can be blamed for everything. mia Jul 2014 #15

Yeah, pretty much Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #16

I disagree with redefining of materialism to encompass relationships, ideas and opinions. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #17

Indeed. It's a shame. 10,000 years ago humans were much more enlightened. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #18