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This video is necessary for all to watch! - Beachboy - 05-25-2008
We can all learn from it. I mean what exactly happens with all our old stuff?
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
" IWhen I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a closet for five
minutes without moving. He said it was elevator practice. --
Steven Wright
RE: This video is necessary for all to watch! - dirk1609 - 05-25-2008
I strongly agree. The biggest population that needs to watch this is our children. They are being trained VERY early to measure their personal worth by what they own. My girlfriend had her two children choose money and stuff over their mother. That is what they were trained to do.
The idea of this film is why we moved to Hawaii. We worked the 9 hr a day Gov. jobs, watched TV, and went back to work. Our lives were very stressfull. We went from, stressfull jobs, a TV in every room, two fancy cars, around $7500.00 a month income, and a 2000sg ft house in a fancy development to a 700sg ft house and 2000.00 a month income. Except for the, SO2, loud dogs and angry locals, [
] , we are much happier here. I find its easy to have a MUCH less stressfull life just by, having less TV channels (or none at all), less cars, less SQ FT to the home, learning to do more yourself, and buying what you actually need not what the TV tells you to.
It was a MAJOR change but it has been very healthy for us.
RE: This video is necessary for all to watch! - Jon - 05-25-2008
Hmmmm I have a hard time watching these things when they start out with propaganda.... she says over 50% of our taxes go to the military... funny I can't find that proven anywhere.
So I have to assume that everything else in the video must be questioned.
Texan
RE: This video is necessary for all to watch! - dirk1609 - 05-25-2008
The short has a much bigger idea than stats about the military. Its the fact that many people are becoming mindless buying machines.
RE: This video is necessary for all to watch! - Jon - 05-25-2008
I might agree with that, but with the amount of false information and "propaganda" everywhere these day, if I see one falsehood, I stop listening or reading...
as for changing the consumer economy... well right now I am surrounded millions of talkers and no doers, I hope to get moved to out there with a few doers in the next few months. From my point of view, the number of people who want to change the system is about 1/100 of 1 percent, the rest like things the way they are but will make noises like they want to change it.
Texan Moving to Puna.
RE: This video is necessary for all to watch! - Buzz - 05-25-2008
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/