Zettel 202108151614 : Consumerism is a Debt Trap

Businesses want you to buy from them. They want you to need their products. They want you to need the comforts they provide. This makes you vulnerable in so many ways [ Zettel 202108150309 ].

The American Dream is also a form of consumerism. It’s a debt trap. 

And when you accumulate too much debt, you become a slave to the system of extreme capitalism. You no longer work to make a living [ Zettel 202108151607 ]. You work to pay your master . . . er . . . Master Card.

August 15, 2021

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