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The story of Stuff: A simple informative tale of the modern consumer culture
By xParanoiax
@xParanoiax (6987)
United States
December 27, 2007 1:42am CST
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
Facts, no sugar coating, no making it seem worse than it is. Just facts.
Any thoughts? Already knew about all this? Doing anything to try to change the consumer culture?
What do you feel about it?
What bothers you the most about it?
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2 responses
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
30 Dec 07
I'm glad you liked it, and I'm happy to hear you're passing information on as well ^_^
That's a job which really matters this day an age, the passing of information to others.
If you find any more good info, I hope you continue doing the same as wel =)
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
28 Dec 07
I didn't get a chance to watch the whole thing...I was watching it before I went to bed last night, and found it "nicely" depressing...yeesh.
Actually none of it of what I did watch surprised me. When you think of it the whole "stuff" idea has been going on since the Industrial revolution of the 1800s, but now of course it's at a more dizzying pace.
The problem, the MAIN problem of course is that we are the ones guilty of contributing to the way the economy and "stuff" is..we are consumers who demand products without really thinking of any of the consequences..oh, yes, many of us are. But wherever you turn we are part of the problem no matter how much we try to be conscientious consumers, try to recycle and on and on. We complain and beetch about all the recalled toxic items..yet what about the poor slobs that are actually making and handling the "toxic" toys? We complain and tut tut about the decrease of the rainforest, but are we actually putting a stop to it, as long as we consume and demand the natural resources found there? NOPE
The only way anything is going to really change is if each and every single person on this planet made more conscientious decisions of how we go about our demands for products
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
30 Dec 07
True, I think a start to doing that would be to put the facts about all this in the public where people will commonly see it frequently. Like do a special on it, on the news (hopefully without biased reporting, though it's overly optimistic to ask for that, seeing as most of the media has been bought off by different..*cough* individuals with an interest for them to say things a certain way*cough*).
Or have an activist actually trying to do something about the issue go on a talk show.
Have press conferances, advertize it, use EVERY avenue available, and with much thought on each one.
The problem with the start to the solution is, you need a charismatic or very responsibility-driven leader for such a movement, and with so many others leading on the forefronts of other serious and equally important issues, it's rather hard to FIND such a person to organize a movement.
It's too muchto hope that one will just pop up out of the blue, so maybe we all need to actively look for them?
I'm nowhere near educated enough and I've so much on my plate already I feel I wouldn't do such a wonderful cause a justice. I'm afraid I might bungle the whole deal..which would really, really, REALLY suck.
As it is, all the rest of us can do is try to live lives that promote the idea, and keep an eye peeled for said person to get this started. I'm sure all of us concerned individuals combined could find him or her while there's still time.
I mean the odds are just phenomenal.
