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by 1auralynn 2093 days ago
I don't think the antidote to consumption is necessarily production. Not everyone has to be making things all the time. And I think we're moving past the "everyone producing and selling their creations on Etsy" model, culturally. I think it's OK to do nothing and produce nothing, and just spend time thinking, talking, sleeping, whatever.
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> I don't think the antidote to consumption is necessarily production.

I agree. It's play. Dance more, tell stories more, jump the cracks in the sidewalk more, hang out with people you like more.

Those hippies were on to something back in the 1960s.

Yeah, I think it's about not taking things seriously whenever possible.
dito, don't we have enough producers of cloths, they are even customizable. and not only cloths, do we need 10+ car manufacturers? millions brands of beverages, beers, etc.