Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market
by coldtea on Monday October 17, 2016 @09:59AM
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>Well we don't need a TV at all. Or a 2,000 square foot house, or an education. We could just subsistence farm or something.
Because it's either BS consumerism or subsistence farming?
Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market
by muninn_ on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:06AM
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Well, what's consumerism to one isn't to another. If you're going to discuss needs and say somebody doesn't "need" something, then frankly there is a lot that we don't "need". To sustain life we could probably all get by as farmers and anything else would just be more than we "need".
Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market
by eveningcoffee on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:17AM
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What farmers? People used to kill other animals and pick berries, fruits and seeds.
Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market
by witty_username on Monday October 17, 2016 @11:12AM
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That's pretty tiring. Easier to just throw seeds into the ground and let it grow. You can just pick it much more easily.
Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market
by eveningcoffee on Monday October 17, 2016 @11:38AM
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It is a simplistic view of it. Hardest part of the farming is not seeding, even not land preparation and maintaining, but making sure that you are the one to pick and keep the harvest.
Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market
by coldtea on Monday October 17, 2016 @06:24PM
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>Well, what's consumerism to one isn't to another.
The same is true for a number of horrible things too: some people like them and go for them. That doesn't make them less bad.
I'm not in favor of total relativism...
Re:Millions of Men Are Missing from the Job Market
by eveningcoffee on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:16AM
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I do not know, but it feels that you equal the consumerism and education. Perhaps this is an misinterpretation?
Your life is what you make out of it. I work hard, think consumerism is dumb, and I generally spend my extra income by investing it. But I also enjoy getting some really great coffee (not necessarily from Starbucks) or watching a really fun TV show. Try not to worry too much about what frivolous things people spend money on, or it'll drive you crazy.