Published on 12, July, 2020
Work, consume, die and never question why
I believe this is what we are being taught every day. Children at school are not taught to learn, develop, think for themselves and have enquiring minds. They are taught to become part of the system, good little cogs in the wheel, and never question why. Im a teacher so I know this first hand
In adulthood we are taught that the only way to happiness is by acquiring posessions. We are taught we need big houses, nice cars, designer clothes and endless updated technology to be happy. The I phone 14 will soon be out and no doubt Apple will be convincing all the millions that it has technology that wasn't in the first 13 phones, your old phone is now completely inferior and you really need this new one and the £50 a month direct debit contract to be happy! We always need bigger TVs and faster broadband. I find it interesting that in this cost of living crisis (which I am suffering from myself, having lost my job and had my energy bills tripled) the one thing people cannot live without is their smartphones. I honestly think people would rather starve or freeze than give up their phones. Some I think would rather not be able to feed their kids properly than give up their phone. I have just bought a £6 basic LG texting and calling phone from Oxfam and I couldn't be happier with it. We dont need this stuff, its just a marketing trick! I have an old iphone that I dont pay a penny for and just connect to the wi fi to reply to whats app messages but I am thinking of selling it.
Social media deadens the human mind. Endless scrolling has a numbing, almost hypnotising effect and reduces human intelligence. We numb ourselves with social media and endless expensive subscriptions to streaming services where we "consume content"
If you support a football team you have to buy a £70 piece of cheap polyester every few months to show you support them. You have to pay a £120 for a pair of shoes worth £20 just cos it has a tick on the side.
You are bombarded with adds for deliveroo and uber eats to buy endless takeaways and then bombarded with further adds to pay £50 a month to join a gym to get fit again afterwards. Gyms are the biggest con of all. £50 direct debit to do the same exercises indoors that you can do outdoors in the fresh air for free
The only way to acquire all this stuff you "need to be happy" is to work every hour under the sun at a job you hate and never leave it for your whole life. Of course even then you still cant afford everything so you will need the greatest con of all, credit cards, to buy this stuff. You then get into debt and become even more enslaved to the system as then you can never leave your job or you wont be able to pay your debts.
Guess what....... Its all a con! You dont need any of this stuff to be happy and the human race has survived for thousands of years living a simple life without any of it. None of this stuff brings happiness and the more you chase it the more unhappy you will get.
I am trying to change my life and escape the system. Once you see through it all you can never view life the same again
You have seen the light and there is another way.
Google FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) and you will find a worldwide online community of people who have decided to take a different path and reject consumerism.
Once you realise that you can live frugally you no longer need to be a slave to the workplace for 50 years. It gives choices. You may decide to work full time and build up enough savings to retire early. Alternatively you could choose to work part time or take a lower paid job doing something you love.
However the current cost of living crisis does make it increasingly difficult to live frugally. Finding enough to keep a roof over your head, eat and pay the energy bills is hard enough without all the extra consumerism.
I like to watch the TV show 'Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild' for some inspirational and more extreme stories of people who have escaped the system.
Do you remember the TV show The Good LIfe? That has always inspired me
Oddly enough, the characters were Marxists; the Rooster's name was Lenin.
Many modern preppers had Leftist/Green origins, but found it wanting whenever Obama entered the stage.
I have TWO Huawei phones, but one was bought used in 2018; and the other in 2020. There are ZERO plans to 'upgrade'. I use technology, rather than let technology use me.
Free Market Capitalism never truly existed, Post-War, as the Political Class demanded a cut of the cake. All those Seppos who burned their Draft Cards in 1967 ended up sending their Forces to War in 2003; without proper preparation.
All I ever wanted was a job, a wife and kids. I had no interest in working for a Fortune 500 company, or spending my entire weekend cycling or golfing. But all those US Movies promoted 'Dreams'. It was all to snare us.
The World Economic Forum wants us to own nothing, eat bugs and 'be happy'.