The High Price of Materialism

[anon-y-moose]

[zeemike]

1. Very well done...K&R n/t

[cantbeserious]

2. Also See Zeitgeist The Movies

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[iemitsu]

3. nice job.

we also need to figure out how to sensitively promote anti-materialism to those who have never ever had anything.
it is not an easy thing to convince people that materialism equals slavery when it is promoted as a sign of success.
that can only be discovered by experiencing the burden of stuff.

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. I highly recommend the book "your money or your life". n/t

[jerseyjack]

8. Excellent book.

Is the recommendation for U.S. bonds still valid given the low interest rates now paid?

[physioex]

5. Nicely done....

Thank you for posting this.

[stlsaxman]

6. did he recycle all that paper?

- "seriously, though... thanks for posting!"

[On_the_edge]

7. Spam deleted by OKNancy (MIR Team)

[JDPriestly]

9. Question. How does the prioritization of non-materialistic values affect

population growth?

I suspect that people who are more materialistic may actually have fewer children and in that way have less impact on the environment.

Are there any statistics on this?

I suppose a few people view having children as acquiring more material wealth, but in developed countries, children are a huge expense, so I think that the more materialistic among us value children less and have fewer of them.

Anyone have a different theory than I on this?

[wxgeek7]

10. Great post!

Great organization!

http://www.newdream.org/

Ahhh, the mute button....probably the most often used remote button by DUers, lol (I know its mine!).

[Lifelong Protester]

11. Excellent!

I hope this message is spread far and wide. I will share it, but of course, I have a limited FB 'following' or 'friends list' or whatever it is called. Everyone else, I hope you are sharing! Especially if you have one of those 600+ friend lists.