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@breadandcircuses I have such a luxurious life! I enjoy all of the above, although not every week. @Leefellerguy @breadandcircuses Some people don't enjoy resource allocation games. I don't comprehend those people, but for those on decent wages, a lifestyle *without consumerism* leaves many people (without special additional needs, like a medical condition) with a surplus to save after they meet their needs & nonconsumerist wants, so budgets matter much less, or not at all. Absent consumerism, as long as the resource floor is met, increased spending seems inversely correlated with happiness.  The ability to freely express yourself. That sounds so nice. Wish I could say "Stop Genocide" without being doxxed and fired.   A billionaire looking at this graphic will hate it. From their perspective, people should be spending their lives making millionaires into billionaires. @ai6yr @Npars01 @breadandcircuses I have just enough schadenfreude in me for it to feel like an extra spice every time I relish these things. But the other reason they hate it is they themselves don't understand it. They're so addicted to status games they have more money than they'll ever be able to spend, no involuntary limits on their lifestyle, yet *can't think of anything better to do with their remaining years* than seek more useless money. They've lost the plot of even *selfish* living.  @cwicseolfor @Npars01 @breadandcircuses Correct. Having (personally) spoken to some of these folks, whose greatest desire since they were children was to "make enough money so I never have to work again", and then they made a fortune that allows them to do that at age 30, and then they were "I really got bored... so I decided to start another company/make a billion dollars/because I hate golf" @breadandcircuses I wanted to boost what you wrote here, except that those good things could be experienced together with consumerism. It is as if you wrote: "A life without bicycles means enjoying a good night's sleep."   We have a consumer economy thatās mostly built on addiction and dopamine hacks: sports books, alcohol, vaping, caffeine, sugar/salt/fats, porn, one-click purchasing, buy now/pay later, gamification, etc. Iām FAR from being an off the grid type or a neo-puritan, but every day Iām looking for ways to steer clear and stay free. Sometimes itās as simple as tuning in to the things that canāt be bought and sold.  @xankarn @breadandcircuses no I get it. My readings in Taoism have been real unstructive. @RevXenoFact @breadandcircuses For me, thatās the main insight and value of all āEasternā philosophy: getting to grips with desire and finding the mental space thatās necessary to be somewhat less of its plaything.  Even outlaw Daisy Domergue on her way to the gallows, handcuffed to John Ruth the Hangman, recognized her moment sitting in a field after getting punched out of a carriage by Marquis Warren, to take a moment in the chaos to catch snowflakes on her tongue and enjoy the brief respite. Wait. We're not just the snowflakes right? |
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I concur