This society is fucking stupid. The majority of Canadians and Americans have their heads so far up their own ass it seems like an impossibility for them to use it; just once. Everybody in North America is so devoured by consumerism its perverse. I really don't understand it. Don't you think it's disgusting that we will pay more money to get the same product with a brand name on it? Really all we're doing is helping the company out by advertising for them and feeling self worth through their useless products that were made in (insert poor country here) where the workers are being paid fuck all and they are making all the money just because they put some "classy" name on it. Have you ever even thought "where does the cotton for all of this shit we're wearing come from?" I know some of you have, that's not the point. Most people in North America are so busy doing their make up or being the old fat guy in the red BMW to give a fuck.
The majority of our culture is so focused on making money and spending it money on useless shit it's putrid. Why do we need a phone that can surf the web, play movies, and fill our lives with so much unnecessary clutter that we forget about the important stuff like exploring nature, growing and cooking our own food, meeting new people, exercising etc. Instead we waste our time playing HALO and stop for a break to get a mcflurry and a Big Mac at Mcdonalds? What would everyone do if the supermarket shut down? However, not everybody can live like we do. I know I'm sure as hell not going to give up my truck, electricity or flights to accomodate everyone else on this planet. I'm straying from my main point though. Yeah, there are some necessities and then there's some other useless shit. It's just pathetic looking back after being in Asia for five months. People here have a much richer lifestyle. They live with much less and produce much more. They're content with what they have. It doesn't matter if their shirt has a tear along the seam, its still a shirt; its still serving the same purpose. The fact that my friend Art's whole yard flooded for a month including all of the furniture he had outside didn't deter him from continuing to use it. Instead we took bong tokes and took a power washer to his couch. Teflon "non-stick" pans that give you cancer aren't priority either, even the handles aren't heat insulated! You have to use a cloth to handle them, how far fetched.
To quote my friend Markella who I met in Indonesia and happened to post this just hours ago: "People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction. Asia has completely open my eyes to this, and how simple life should really & can really be. All the things that seemed so important, now seem so insignificant. We live in a world of consumerism. Just buying & buying shit we really dont need. The worst part is we are influencing parts of the world that have been content & happy the way they have always lived. Now they want more. They want to be like us, & all I want is to be like them." So sad, and so true.
Finally, we don't live in a democracy, we live an oligarchy. Canada and America just agreed on some deal over our border, the discussion had been going on about it for over a year; behind close doors. Now it's law. Thanks Stephen Harper, you fucking twat; we never even heard a word. Really though, everybody needs to jump off this train of "freedom." To quote sweatshop union "how can we be free, when the water that we drink is owned by some company?"
Flame away.
