I enjoyed Schor's argument on the need for society to focus on the Quality of life rather than the quantity of stuff. People do care far too much about what they can buy rather than what they can do with their time. I also agree with the fact that as time has progressed, the less amount of time spent doing alternative things with family, friends, etc., has also led to an increased amount of television viewing, subsequently leading to an increase in consumerism. Despite these facts, does Schor's proposal to divert society's focus from working and spending to quality time seem feasible? I'm curious to know how we as a society would get there, or at least to a happy medium.
Schor noted in the article that there exists a long conservative complaint that "Americans just don't realize how good they have it, that they have become overly entitled and spoiled." Do you believe this to be true or do you believe there are many different psychological reasonings for consumerism? Do you agree that simply reducing our expectations will help cure consumerism?
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