[rabscuttle385]

I disagree. These guys have a good idea!

The U.S. has morphed into such a consumer-driven culture where there's a lot of pressure to keep up with the Joneses, even if it means taking on debt.

It's amazing how much stuff we buy that we don't really need.

Of course, though, if you want to do this, great. If you don't, you have that choice too...and if you think that these ten folks are idiots, you are definitely allowed your own beliefs.

[misterrob]

And when the economy completely crashes you will look back on this and finally see what a capitalistic society requires.

[RockinRight]

You are correct.

But there's a fine line between being overly consumeristic, and being a totally anti-materialistic "commune" San Francisco type that thinks we should all live like Thoreau.

[driftdiver]

"Of course, though, if you want to do this, great. If you don't, you have that choice too...and if you think that these ten folks are idiots, you are definitely allowed your own beliefs."

I just wonder what they ate if they never went shopping.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"The U.S. has morphed into such a consumer-driven culture where there's a lot of pressure to keep up with the Joneses, even if it means taking on debt."

Nearly every town in this country has temples to consumerism with names like Target, Walmart, K-mart being the most popular and have a large a daily attendance by the masses of faithful worshipers.

[RipSawyer]

It's amazing how much stuff we buy that we don't really need.
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Amen, and what is really amazing is how many people go into high interest debt to buy things they don't need and don't use. Think about it, working long hours to pay taxes and then spend what is left to pay interest on money that might as well have been (as my wild and wooly father used to say) "shoved up a wild hog's ass"! There is way too much of it going on. I have done it myself but I don't intend to ever do it again.

[torchthemummy]

The U.S. has morphed into such a consumer-driven culture where there's a lot of pressure to keep up with the Joneses, even if it means taking on debt.

I buy alot of "stuff" but never to "keep up with the Joneses." I think it can honestly be said that most people are in the same boat. They buy a certain item because they saw others with it or and ad...and liked it.