I think everybody does; the reaction of big business and the housing market to women being able to earn a living was to make it too expensive for anybody to live without a job unless they marry somebody earning an enormous salary who is trustworthy and convincable. Nobody has any time anymore. I think the blame for there not being enough volunteers should be laid entirely on the doorstep of people who profited from enormous property prices and the heads of big business.
I think there is some truth in that, but I also think people have bought into the "I need lots of stuff to be happy" tales they are told by advertising. I know I struggle with this and in many ways I'm less consumerist than average.
I think most people do not think about the consequences (for others) of the purchases they make, and big business has been able to profit from this.
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Date: 2007-12-29 04:36 pm (UTC)I think there is some truth in that, but I also think people have bought into the "I need lots of stuff to be happy" tales they are told by advertising. I know I struggle with this and in many ways I'm less consumerist than average.
I think most people do not think about the consequences (for others) of the purchases they make, and big business has been able to profit from this.