I think you are on to something!! I want to buy the Capitol buildings. Then I can raise the rent to an incredible level, and get all my tax money back!!!
If you have a mortgage on the building you conduct your self-owned business at, then your job will be to pay towards that mortgage's principle with the extra money you save from not buying crap.
It is important that we own the places we work at really and not just on paper. The bank cannot own anything.
I've always wondered what would happen to the economy if ALL WOMEN just stopped buying makeup and hair care crap for one month.
Out of curiosity, which of your problems will this solve?
First, stop buying crap. I know how much fun crap is, and I like it just as much as the next guy, so I'm not asking you to give it up forever. All I want you to do is to resist until next year's labor day.
See, this is the major flaw in your plan. People just can't give up crap, if there's nothing to replace it. There will be a void in their lives where the crap was, and eventually they'll crumble and start buying crap again
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Crap is a relatively new invention. Most people in the history of people have gone without it. It has been done. Therefore, it can be done.
But yes, you have a really good point. Maybe we should hold monthly meetings to compare our savings, discuss how we are meeting our projections, and chastize those who have bought crap. ;)
It isn't really important that a lot of people do this either which most often is the deterent the people who do not want change use. The idea that no one will get in line. No one will see it through. This is irrelevant because it doesn't take a lot of people at all. It takes only a few of the many to change things. One example of this would be enough for me, and there is always that many people who feel strongly about anything. :)
As far as the void thing, it's a lie that feeds itself. There is no void in any of us, we just believe there is because we are constantly told there is. Stop listening to them. Think yourself fine... because you are.
As far as the void thing, it's a lie that feeds itself. There is no void in any of us, we just believe there is because we are constantly told there is.
I didn't mean a void inside people, I meant a void in their lives. People grow accustomed to certain habits or behaviours (for instance, buying crap, playing with their crap, and wanting more crap). You can't just say "ok, now stop that". You need to give them a replacement to fill up the time, energy and mental CPU cycles they spent on those habits or behaviours.
Think of it as similar to weening yourself off an addiction. Going cold-turkey is a great idea, but few people can manage it, and I expect even fewer would try if society was telling them "no, that is not an addiction, that is normal and healthy". Why quit something which is neither unhealthy nor abnormal? Even when a particular addiction is discouraged, people need a substitute (for example, heroin addicts use methadone).
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I want to buy the Capitol buildings. Then I can raise the rent to an incredible level, and get all my tax money back!!!
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Own the government too. We'll rule. :)
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But what if I'm self-employed and already own the building?
I've been trying to sue myself for job stress for a long time and the worker's comp insurance people don't get it.
I've always wondered what would happen to the economy if ALL WOMEN just stopped buying makeup and hair care crap for one month.
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It is important that we own the places we work at really and not just on paper. The bank cannot own anything.
I've always wondered what would happen to the economy if ALL WOMEN just stopped buying makeup and hair care crap for one month.
See, now you're just flirting with me. ;)
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First, stop buying crap. I know how much fun crap is, and I like it just as much as the next guy, so I'm not asking you to give it up forever. All I want you to do is to resist until next year's labor day.
See, this is the major flaw in your plan. People just can't give up crap, if there's nothing to replace it. There will be a void in their lives where the crap was, and eventually they'll crumble and start buying crap again ( ... )
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But yes, you have a really good point. Maybe we should hold monthly meetings to compare our savings, discuss how we are meeting our projections, and chastize those who have bought crap. ;)
It isn't really important that a lot of people do this either which most often is the deterent the people who do not want change use. The idea that no one will get in line. No one will see it through. This is irrelevant because it doesn't take a lot of people at all. It takes only a few of the many to change things. One example of this would be enough for me, and there is always that many people who feel strongly about anything. :)
As far as the void thing, it's a lie that feeds itself. There is no void in any of us, we just believe there is because we are constantly told there is. Stop listening to them. Think yourself fine... because you are.
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I didn't mean a void inside people, I meant a void in their lives. People grow accustomed to certain habits or behaviours (for instance, buying crap, playing with their crap, and wanting more crap). You can't just say "ok, now stop that". You need to give them a replacement to fill up the time, energy and mental CPU cycles they spent on those habits or behaviours.
Think of it as similar to weening yourself off an addiction. Going cold-turkey is a great idea, but few people can manage it, and I expect even fewer would try if society was telling them "no, that is not an addiction, that is normal and healthy". Why quit something which is neither unhealthy nor abnormal? Even when a particular addiction is discouraged, people need a substitute (for example, heroin addicts use methadone).
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