Editor: Crass Cash
A friend of mine and I were talking the other day about the problem with modern day hyperconsumerism. He described the American consumer as somebody with a hungry mouth, but no stomach. If you ever watch peoples spending habits you'll see how perfect of a description this is. People buy buy buy all day long and never once look at whether what they're purchasing makes them happy or not.
I'm talking about true content happiness, not fleeting moments of orgasmic bliss! This in turn creates an evil cycle where they then have to borrow money to pay for these euphoric excesses, which then means they have to make more money, which they think can only be done by working more. They end up sick, in debt, with a broken marriage, surrounded by people who don't know them. They end up on a treadmill of unhappiness, which they bought online...
I'm talking about true content happiness, not fleeting moments of orgasmic bliss! This in turn creates an evil cycle where they then have to borrow money to pay for these euphoric excesses, which then means they have to make more money, which they think can only be done by working more. They end up sick, in debt, with a broken marriage, surrounded by people who don't know them. They end up on a treadmill of unhappiness, which they bought online...
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