https://youtu.be/b_yP5wsGmM8
https://youtu.be/Im9_y6lo8m0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Im9_y6lo8m0#dialog
As billions of people suffer economic adversity along with the negative effects of climate change, an entitled attitude is no longer socially acceptable.
People who grow up not knowing scarcity,hardship, poverty. ..feel they are deserving of (entitled to) their privileged status and their lavish high-consumption lifestyles. They take for granted thst thry will always be surrounded by abundance and have no cause to live frugally.
They are self-indulgent, self-obsessed, and morally irresponsible.
We can no longer live extravagant , high-consumption lifestyles wch plunder the planet of its resources and generate vast amounts of waste and pollution.
For yhe sake of the health of yhe planet and future generstions we must live simply and frugally.
Rebellion against consumerism and materialism:
Minimalist living (living with less):
"Man should live like a dog--everything else is excess"--Diogenes
For yhe sake of the health of yhe planet and future generations we must live simply and frugally. Everytjing we do affects the world we leave to our children.
Houses have become spaces for storing stuff/possessions as much as for living. Material objects(materialism) do not enhance our sense of fulfillment and meaning (quality of life). The consumerist myth that you can buy happiness by buying more "stuff" has been exposed as illusory. We need to change our sense of values and our measure of personal success and personal worth.
Cultural shift: the new reality
We need to transform our way of transport, our way of life, and our way of thinking! We need far-reachi.g changes in all aspects of society.
Carbon-emitting behavior has a cost and must be punished.
Driving gas guzzlers and taking annual tropical vacations are no longer socially acceptable/enviable symbols of status as our society recognizes thst such extravagant lifestyles are raping the planet and are not sustainable. . Anyone persisting in such a socially unacceptible lifestyle may not be overtly judged/shamed but will be perceived as morally irresponsible. Anyone who damages the health of the planet will be looked upon with social disapproval just as anyone who damages their own health by smoking is seen today..
We must all become responsible stewards of the earth. Anyone who is not reducing their carbon footprint is contributing to the problem.
Bernie Sanders was right: the correct and appropriate object of fear and anger should be people like Donald Trump and those he represents (the 1%) whose greed and selfishness has poisoned the planet.
By deriving our fulfillment internally we can live simple, fulfilling lives with minimal external resources.
Advocating a simple minimalist lifestyle within the prevailing consumerist culture is neither popular nor politically expedient. Carbon taxes and austerity are punitive and politically unpopular.(Consuming less slows the economy and kills jobs)
But real leadership is not just about telling people whst they want to hear. It is about having the courage to do what needs to be done. Politicians must have the courage to do what is necesssry to reduce CO2 emissions.
The cost of inaction will be catastrophic!
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