Website review: The philosophy of anti-consumerism
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•16 reviews since Apr 9, 2007
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chooseanusername rated 7 weeks ago- ...forget about being a consumerist nation. Save the world. Be a better person. Ummm, now that's a thought :D (the site needs some cosmetics though - but it's a good skimming source)
- duconihilum rated 9 months ago
- The anti-consumerist movement is essentially like any 'green' movement, anti people.
- SWSorrells rated 15 months ago
- From the page: "By learning to be happy with less, you just may find that so many possessions were merely complicating your life. You may find that few "but more special or unique"things trump multitudes of mediocre or common things. True, some material objects do make our lives easier, but they cannot bring us happiness, which must be found within. "We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy." Dr. Martin Luther King, April, 1967 As Dr. King keenly observed more than 30 years ago, society should encourage its members to look to their relationships with others for fulfillment, but instead, it promises that if we buy the latest gizmo or the snazziest new fashion, then we will be happy and popular. Of course, that is a lie, and the prized possession is soon forgotten, replaced by something better, faster, cooler, newer, which is soon forgotten itself. The cycle never ends, which is why I have launched my anti-consumer philosophy. The goals of this philosophy are modest: * 1. To save the planet and all of its life forms from a global environmental collapse fueled by spreading hyper-consumption. * 2. To increase the overall happiness and fulfillment of the human race by encouraging simplicity, and by doing so, reduce war, cruelty and suffering worldwide. * 3. To preserve the planet's spiritual and cultural traditions from annihilation in the face of the global consumer religion promoted by multinational corporations and their lackeys in national and supra-national governments."
- millerfamily rated 15 months ago
- From the page: "The New Anti-Consumerism Many Americans have heard of David Horowitz, the consumer advocate. My name is Bob Horowitz, and I am the anti-consumer advocate. I'm asking all wealthy people of the world, especially Americans, to stop consuming so much. I would not ask you to do anything I do not do myself. By learning to be happy with less, you just may find that so many possessions were merely complicating your life. You may find that fewâ€"but more special or uniqueâ€"things trump multitudes of mediocre or common things. True, some material objects do make our lives easier, but they cannot bring us happiness, which must be found within. "We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy." Dr. Martin Luther King, April, 1967 As Dr. King keenly observed more than 30 years ago, society should encourage its members to look to their relationships with others for fulfillment, but instead, it promises that if we buy the latest gizmo or the snazziest new fashion, then we will be happy and popular. Of course, that is a lie, and the prized possession is soon forgotten, replaced by something better, faster, cooler, newer, which is soon forgotten itself. The cycle never ends, which is why I have launched my anti-consumer philosophy."
- nspasha rated 15 months ago
- Nice information, only if more people were willing to give it a go... "We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy." Dr. Martin Luther King, April, 1967
- kaykay rated 16 months ago
- A must read...
- peacefulbean rated 16 months ago
- The philosopy of anti-consumerism
"People say if we stop buying so many things, the economy will collapse. I say, we are buying the wrong things. If we buy high-quality, sustainably made goods - even if we buy many fewer of them - the economy will be stronger and more stable than ever. Let's face the facts, an economy based on the increasing consumption of resources is only temporary, because the amount of resources on the planet, without a doubt, is finite. Once the Earth is all used up, we don't simply move to the next valley.
Our desire to buy things which aren't absolutely necessary ensures future generations of humans will not attain a standard of living anywhere near what we enjoy today. That is greedy, and rude. What will they think of us? How would you explain it to them?
From a economic standpoint, unbridled consumerism will lead to disaster. America is already the world's largest debtor nation. Trade imbalances are growing with nearly all of our major partners. We cannot continue to buy more than we sell forever.
Our desires are polluting the entire world, not just our own country. American companies extract resources and dump toxins everywhere, just so we can be clean and comfortable. If the developing world mimics our consumption patterns, the planet will be completely fouled and resource bankrupt soon enough. Furthermore, we have no credibility to ask developing nations to forego luxuries until we show restraint ourselves. Then, and only then, can rich nations educate developing nations to build sustainable societies and bypass our wasteful extravagances.
Specific types of goods for which we must immediately reduce demand:
* all mined or extracted products, especially petroleum and heavy metals
* disposable products
* chlorine chemicals
* chemical fertilizers and pesticides
* internal combustion engines
* virgin wood products
* meat, dairy
* and highly processed foods cheap, mass-produced non-durables
* anything made with exploited labor
* products which cause disproportionately large or toxic pollution
* clean water" - The philosopy of anti-consumerism
- Marcus-Lycus rated 16 months ago
- Difficult to break old habits. I wish I knew an easy way out of the trap.
- Jedencorrell rated 16 months ago
- From the page: ""We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy." Dr. Martin Luther King, April, 1967"
