And when the economy completely crashes you will look back on this and finally see what a capitalistic society requires.
Needs what? Folks perpetually in debt? Folks trampling each other to get at Black Friday sales to get the latest gadget that will end up gathering dust in the closet anyways?
I'm not suggesting that everyone abstain from buying, all at the same time, however, common sense and frugality (as the poster in #22 suggests) can be good things.
If "the economy" only provides a host of things that people, on a moment's thought, decide they can live better without, what difference does it make if this "economy" crashes? Frankly, with entitlement spending ballooning as it has lately, and given that government revenues come from taxes, I think an economic crash might be good for conservatism, that is, limited government.