Today I had this article in the Guardian
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There are lots of responses. This one caught my eye from DocMolotove:
“Who the hell needs politics and shit if you’ve got cool stuff? All politics seem to be is the endless whining of everyone who want their stuff to be classed sacred and everyone elses stuff to be classed as profane. Yet no-ones prepared to give up anything of theirs, modify their views or actually do anything but yabber yabber yabber in the make believe world of hot air. Least stuff is real and not just a load of old posturing arse like the majority of views spouted in newspapers.”
By far the most powerful thing about all the comments was how many there were. Like you can have en entire blog devoted to a subject, updated frequently which no one much reads or interacts with, or you can write one short article in a paper and get 170 comments.
I know just how you feel.
I am still intrigued by the economics of downsizing. It is true that the depression of the 30s was removed through rearmament. Indeed, Orwell points out the usefulness of this as a means of creating employment without wealth in 1984. If we stop consuming, jobs will be lost, unemployment will rise, social disorders will increase. What exactly is the answer that makes economic sense? It’s still a complete mystery to me.