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(10,597 posts)... being consumed. I, myself, have a phone with so many bells and whistles I don't know how to work it. It was a gift (or instrument of torture) from my husband. That's about as deep as I go into consumerism. I was basically speaking of the lower middle class. Ha! I used to get sick and pass out when I went shopping because I lived on a strict budget and could barely buy what I needed, much less all those other things I would love to have had. (That was back quite a few years before I became a member of the middle class.) Definitely not a keep-up-with-the-Jones's ilk here. My Mother, on the other hand (rest her sweet soul,) loved to shop until she dropped.
I find that young people are the ones who are bitten by the consumerism bug big-time because of peer pressure. Christmas time is absolutely horrid anymore.
Your question is so dower, Moostache. Guess you didn't catch those "inspirational" articles a few weeks ago about the death of capitalism? I do think we're going to come to our senses, and that everything's going to be alright.
Donald Trump? This too shall Pass. Especially if you just watch more of your local stations and stay away from the cable news. I've been taking in some very interesting documentaries on FreeSpeech TV and Link TV.