It's been beaten into our heads, I think, that consumption is "freedom" (Reply #2)

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Fri Jul 1, 2022, 03:09 PM

ck4829 (34,292 posts)

2. It's been beaten into our heads, I think, that consumption is "freedom"

And this goes double for the car.

Fighting over limited parking spaces - Freedom
Driving a compensating hummer - Freedom
Sitting in traffic - Freedom

Taking the bus? That's what poor people do! And. You. Do. Not. Want. To. Be. Or. Even. Look. Poor.

And it's not even about enjoyment, pleasure, fun, knowledge, etc.; you have your thing, someone else doesn't.

"Freedom".

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27 replies	Author	Time	Post
There's a solution to high gas prices. Americans will hate it. [View all]	Nevilledog	Jul 2022	OP
A fair amount of people are still working from home...	TheRealNorth	Jul 2022	#1
+1, ... and the WFH trend is going to grow even more. People going back to the office will be ..	uponit7771	Jul 2022	#23
It's been beaten into our heads, I think, that consumption is "freedom"	ck4829	Jul 2022	#2
Yup	TheRealNorth	Jul 2022	#4
To be fair... in my experience using a bus sucks.	Happy Hoosier	Jul 2022	#6
It doesn't have to be that way	ck4829	Jul 2022	#9
Not sure how buses can ever be convenient for some things.	Happy Hoosier	Jul 2022	#10
It ended when Jimmy Carter put on a sweater	exboyfil	Jul 2022	#3
I've been thinking about President Carter recently...	Buckeye_Democrat	Jul 2022	#14
Sadly true.	crickets	Jul 2022	#16
They are letting us work from home	TheFarseer	Jul 2022	#5
ARCO gas this morning in Phoenix: $5.00	LogicFirst	Jul 2022	#7
The answer is to transition to non-fossil fuel energy sources.	Happy Hoosier	Jul 2022	#8
I find myself driving less now that the cost to do so has doubled in the last year.	MichMan	Jul 2022	#11
That is exactly right in 2020 when everything was	doc03	Jul 2022	#12
Profit trumps the public good in this country, plain and simple.	A HERETIC I AM	Jul 2022	#13
I do custom crafting for a company	UpInArms	Jul 2022	#15
There is a solution to high prices AND carbon emissions.	roamer65	Jul 2022	#17
It's great for people who can do it. I'm a hospice nurse working a large territory BUT,	mucifer	Jul 2022	#18
That in itself is conservation. And I'd imagine you'd be considered an	Scrivener7	Jul 2022	#20
But, but, but... that would mean not buying monster pickups. How will	Scrivener7	Jul 2022	#19
I saw something like this a week ago....	TheRealNorth	Jul 2022	#25
Our country's motto should be changed to	rownesheck	Jul 2022	#21
Remember 55 mph?	jeffreyi	Jul 2022	#22
If Biden suggested that....	TheRealNorth	Jul 2022	#26
The collective good v. the good of me, myself, and I.	Solly Mack	Jul 2022	#24
American exceptionalism means we don't have to learn anything from other countries...nt	Wounded Bear	Jul 2022	#27

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