The End of Things
4 January, 2008
I’ve had a sort of epiphany. It’s been a sudden and overwhelming sense of the utter banality of modern life and its reliance on people buying things and spending money.
I’ve come to the realisation that modern capitalism is a vicious circle – see below.
Chronic discontent is cultivated for us to feel that we must fill our empty lives with more and more junk. This can’t go on forever. As people buy more and more junk, more and more of the world’s resources are getting used up. And the current trend is that more and more people will be getting onto this never ending treadmill. Enter China and India onto the giant economic hamster wheel. Potentially 2 billion more people buying things, using up oil and spewing more CO2 into the atmosphere. Where will it end?
Entry Filed under: Business. Tags: capitalism, consumer spending, consumerism, credit crunch, economic growth, economy, globalisation, productivity, unemployment.
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Scott | 5 January, 2008 at 2:46 am
Why do you think I gave up my job? As I sit in my balinese paradise looking out over the unmechanised paddy fields I can truly say in the words of blur..modern life is rubbish.
I assume you will be donating your entire salary to some good cause and living in a yurt?