interesting Tweet of THE Morning

[llmart]

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If we're honest with ourselves, some of what we waste our time on (retirees or working stiffs) is our own doing. People buy stuff they don't need and then they need to fix or maintain it and it becomes a vicious circle. In the early 90's there was a movement of people who practiced voluntary simplicity where some people including me realized that every single item one purchases requires both emotional and physical energy that takes away from the free time we could have had to just simply enjoy ourselves and life. I read everything I could get my hands on about people who were adopting this way of life and gradually adopted it for myself. It takes awhile to fully realize the truth of it all, and it takes people adopting a lifestyle of conscious consumerism. It doesn't ask that you give up everything you own and go live on a desert island somewhere, but it does ask that you think about the things you buy.

In some ways, Americans have to take some responsibility for creating the rat race with their own behavior.