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The Gen Z ‘Underconsumption’ Trend: The Canary in the Coal Mine?
  • Since there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, the most ethical thing you can do is consume as little as possible. At least that's what I try to do.

    But stagnating wages combined inflation make that a necessity for many instead of a choice, I guess.

  • vinay gupta on death by affluence
  • Yeah, picking up useful skills is a good one, no matter what happens. I've started gardening a bit, but most of my time is still taken up working what in the end is still a non essential bullshit job (when though I enjoy it most of the time). That need, that trap is what keeps all of the rest going. But I agree, we do what we can to minimize our impact and maybe Even have some positive influence.

  • vinay gupta on death by affluence
  • This is a bit more political/ideological than my own thinking in this general direction, but on the whole I agree. I often think "why do you all want to own so much junk?" I've been getting more and more anti consumerist over the years, and it's become kind of a point of pride not to but things, and start at the top, at "reduce*.

  • Canada in the Year 2060 - Macleans.ca
    macleans.ca Canada in the Year 2060 - Macleans.ca

    Summers lost to fire and smoke. Biblical floods. Dying forests. Retreating coasts. Economic turmoil and political unrest. It’s going to be a weird century. Here’s what it will look like—and how Canada can get through it.

    Canada in the Year 2060 - Macleans.ca

    The optimistic note of the last sentence of the abstract doesn't really survive reading the article...

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