Like I resonate with arguments about consumerist waste, of course I do. We don’t need to buy new phones every year or get cheap clothes that fall apart after 2-3 months, or waste our money on software subscriptions for every single thing.
BUT. I’ve seen the other side. When I was little my hometown still hadn’t really Westernized. I remember the day our first ever supermarket opened.
And a life without ANY consumerism is a miserable one.