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Fairgo

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5. I appreciate your spirit and effort
Tue May 26, 2015, 07:55 AM
May 2015

This is refreshing, and a reminder that a good forum can be a place to explore different worldviews, and maybe challenge our own. Capitalism requires consumption. The spiral of consumption is not sustainable. Physically, we simply run out of material. Spiritually the ritual of consumption so alienates us from our human nature that we eventually walk away. The second form scares the stuff makers to death. What if one day we realised that there is more happiness in a community garden than a bank full of money. What if one day acquisition was not the reason you got out of bed? You opened a very large box here...so many good ideas. I hope you post more.

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I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious May 2015 #1
The more I hear Sanders, the more I am convinced he is made of the stuff of nation builders, the whereisjustice May 2015 #2
Roger That cantbeserious May 2015 #3
Yes, Bernie is how I imagine the great thinkers who founded this nation. sabrina 1 May 2015 #6
Kicked Enthusiast May 2015 #4
I appreciate your spirit and effort Fairgo May 2015 #5
I agree, it is an excellent OP sabrina 1 May 2015 #7
Thanks! You've written some great posts/comments as well, always enjoy them. whereisjustice May 2015 #9
That's very kind of you to say. You asked a question regarding why none of those who sabrina 1 May 2015 #10
Funny thing about OWS, it worked. It wasn't overnight, but it made a difference whereisjustice May 2015 #11
Within your post is a very important point. They plan decades ahead, while it has taken us merrily May 2015 #13
think tank that respresents no one but John and Jane Average Citizen.... how about Bernie? whereisjustice May 2015 #17
I have been contributing to Bernie, but that's different. merrily May 2015 #18
Thanks very much! whereisjustice May 2015 #8
Great thoughts. Paka May 2015 #12
That's a different take on politics than I usually see and I give you a lot of credit for that. merrily May 2015 #14
For sure that is one side of it, the longer view is we are grooming kids to paint by numbers and whereisjustice May 2015 #15
Again, wonderful insights. merrily May 2015 #16
kicking for whereisjustice, who I am sorry to say stopped posting. merrily Aug 2015 #19
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