This is how a lot of people think. Over time a lot goes to the free loaders and they can use consumerism to placate you
However I do understand your point
I'd love to see a better alternative.
You can't live without consumerism to some extent.
Everyone here is at the very least paying for a device to access the internet.
Modern economies are demand-driven. If the people don't have money to buy goods, no amount of supply will make it move. This was proven in the event that kicked off the Great Depression: We produced far more grain than anyone could possibly hope to eat because they thought if they grow more they would make the money necessary to live the lifestyle they desired. We subsidize agriculture today because that event caused immense damage to the labor market and this spilled out into other areas. The labor market is in jeopardy again due to over production and without proper demand stimulus (as opposed to Reganomics supply side stimulus), economies are going to stagnate and possibly contract.
Populations already are following this trend. They cannot comfortably raise kids in the manner they were raised so they put it off and have less kids. The globalists think they can keep growth going by importing immigrants, but we all know how that's going.
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