Some words of wisdom or food for thought, from my friend at Not Buying Anything, call it what you will, but we have choices, and the choices we make will determine the future living standards of our grandchildren, and all the other grandchildren on the planet. Our actions have reactions further down the date line. We are responsible for tomorrow. Of course the ultimate aim is to create a society without buying, but built on mutual aid, co-operation, sustainability and seeing to the needs of all our people, freed from the corrosive and exploitative system of profit.
Gandhi said that the Earth can support our need, but not our greed. More truthful words can not be spoken, but how often do you hear about that today?
The choice before us today is the same it has always been:
1. Provide for a small population of high consuming humans satisfying their greed.
Or
2. Provide for a large population of humans simply meeting their needs.
Unfortunately, the psychopaths in charge of consumer nations seem to have chosen the first option.
You can call it "The West", "The Golden Billion", or whatever else. It doesn't matter because the result is the same.
Consumerism is a club, most of the world is not in it, and the plan is to never let them in because there are not enough resources for everyone to consume like we do.
While those in charge have their own choice made, what will we, the people, choose? Because it is us after all, and how we choose to live, that really matters.
