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Psychologist Tim Kasser discusses how America's culture of consumerism undermines our well-being. When people buy into the ever-present marketing messages that "the good life" is "the goods life," they not only use up Earth's limited resources, but they are less happy and less inclined toward helping others. The animation both lays out the problems of excess materialism and points toward solutions that promise a healthier, more just, and more sustainable life.
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Written by: Tim Kasser
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Illustrated by: Anthony Maughan
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i used to spend money on branded clothes,shoes,bags,wallets.but not anymore.now i have learnt to spend money more wisely such as increasing my knowledge and getting fitter.
sounds great
Very wise man. Congrats
In other words, materialism and consumrism affects people's mind in a similar way as drug addiction does.
Drugs are preferable if you need to choose, bc at least 'drugs' can expand your mind if you go smart about it.
Yes, or like obesity. Everything in moderation
Materialism can never fill the void. I work in a school. Every day I converse with kids, teach them, help them. It brings me so much joy, I wouldn't change it for all the money in the world.
Good for you but most people don't have your rewards from your work . They buy to try and make them feel better it doesn't work .
Remember, we're all born with nothing and we'll all die with nothing. Possessions don't mean too much!
When man ignores the word of God, he ends up adoring anything, even material things, and that is *idolatry* which is a sin. There's no true happiness out of God.
@FigJam963 are you stupid? Christianity is obeying and flowing Christ and you know nothing about Christianity. You know what is called PAGAN CRAP CATHOLICISM!GO READ A BOOK!
@Nicholas Williams lol gold? I am a Christian and don't care about crappy gold and don't pray for material garbage!
@Nicholas Williams good for the gold!
@Nicholas Williams I don't pray for material possessions stupid idiot! And I am a Christian and don't care about material crap! You must be reffering to the fakes from America! Their Christianity is a joke
My top tip is travelling. Experience and meet people from other cultures. Which people are most happy? The most care-free? The nicest people?
I grew up in South Africa and people used to be happy with very little. But people now are jealous, angry because they expect more and "better standard of living" from their country.
Izahdnb boedhist are probaly the happiest bescause the way of life is agianst materialsm and being one with nature
They were happy because the ANC was under control...
they were happy because they did not put a high price of materialism, they did not tie their happiness to "success" and materialism. Today people have different expectations...
Traveling is gay bro. You're prolly too gullible to realise that travel is all about travel industry which is consumerism. Sitting around and shooting the breeze with losers from other parts of the world isn't gonna make you a better person. If you wanna learn about how the world works and what other people think, read a book, listen to Jim Rome, get on Omegle ChatRoulette, check out the comments section of TH-cam, and lurk troll participate in bodybuilding
forums with anonymous people that aren't trying to tell you what you wanna hear
For me. The older i got, the less i cared about owning everything under the sun. Been there. Done that. Im over it.
Ok grandpa
Shit I'm young and I don't care about having lots of stuff ..I guess I'm advanced
@@EATONE818 same at 22 I've quit all that . Just need the basics .
Now I think about liquidating possessions. I watch shows about "van life" with envy. I want to get on my motorcycle and travel the country visiting friends and family by myself...but my wife isn't interested in any of those things.
I am 19 years old and I don't care about materialistic things anymore.It's the best decision I ever made.
Thanks for making this video. I totally agree with it. Living in Hawaii, appreciating natural beauty every moment. With coronavirus, the ocean and sky look cleaner than ever. We do not need so much stuff to be happy, but need to eat healthy, to move (exercise), to sleep in clean bed, to keep our body clean and to wear washed clothes, and to have family and friends to care for. It is good time to know what is vital and what is not for your (my) happiness.
Hawaii is up there though. As a local boy, I had to leave. It's as though you have to be a generation or two deep with a paid off house in the family to get on.
Nowadays people are living robotic life ,we should understand that we are human being and,we need love ,affection, communication,and transfromation.
I have no friends because I'm not materialistic and have fluid mindset. When most people are rotten, it's easier to be rotten so you can socialise
Story of my life 😞😞
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1:05 “Research consistently shows that the more people value materialistic values and aspirations as goals the lower their happiness and life satisfaction and the fewer pleasant emotions they experience day to day. Depression, anxiety, and substance abuse also tend to be higher among people who tend to value the aims encouraged by consumer society.”
1:35 “Scientists have found that materialistic values and pro-social values are like a seesaw, as materialist values go up pro-social values tend to go down. This helps explain why people act in less empathic, generous, and cooperative ways when money is on their minds.”
2:05 “Studies show that when people strongly endorse money, image, and status they are less likely to engage in ecologically beneficial activities.”
2:35 “We need to understand what causes people to prioritize materialistic values. For instance studies show that people focus more on material things when they feel insecure.”
3:00 “Scientists also know that the more people are exposed to the media the more they prioritize materialistic values.”
3:30 “The second principal for change involves promoting intrinsic values for growing as a person, being close to one’s family and friends, and improving the broader world.
The research shows that intrinsic values not only promote personal, social, and ecological well being but can also act to immunize people against materialism.”
What research, is what I'd ask? What scientist? I have a lot of very wealth friends, "Blue Collar Millionaires". We are all very happy. Very satisfied with our lives and what we've accomplished. Few of us experience depression, anxiety or substance abuse. You're confusing people who actually accomplish something with celebrities who don't believe they deserve their success. Or those, who didn't really have to work for something and know they don't deserve the success they have. It's called guilt. You might want to read things by real millionaires rather than what the media tells you. This video is about as "truthful" as the report Berkley put out that Americans were demanding gay marriages and accepting. Only to be discovered this "scientific report" was a hoax.
These are all the sources used for the video. I hope it helps! I think it's great to question such strong claims. Check the sources for yourself. www.newdream.org/resources/videos/high-price-of-materialism
The High Price of Materialism: Further Reading
Below is a list of sources for the studies referenced in New Dream video The High Price of Materialism, narrated by psychologist Tim Kasser, Ph.D
Overviews of the literature on materialism and consumer culture
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The “what” and “why” of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11, 227-268.
Dittmar, H. (2008). Consumer culture, identity, and well-being: The search for the ’good life’ and the ‘body perfect’. Hove & New York: Psychology Press.
Kasser, T. (2002). The high price of materialism. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Kasser, T., Cohn, S., Kanner, A. D., & Ryan, R. M. (2007). Some costs of American corporate capitalism: A psychological exploration of value and goal conflicts. Psychological Inquiry, 18, 1-22.
Studies on how materialism relates to personal, social, and ecological well-being:
Belk, R. W. (1985). Materialism: Trait aspects of living in the material world. Journal of Consumer Research, 12, 265-280.
Brown, K. W., & Kasser, T. (2005). Are psychological and ecological well-being compatible? The role of values, mindfulness, and lifestyle. Social Indicators Research, 74, 349-368.
Kasser, T. (2011). Cultural values and the well-being of future generations: A cross-national study. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology 42, 206-15.
Kasser, T., & Ryan, R. M. (1993). A dark side of the American dream: Correlates of financial success as a central life aspiration. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 410-422.
Kasser, T., & Ryan, R. M. (1996). Further examining the American dream: Differential correlates of intrinsic and extrinsic goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 281-288.
McHoskey, J. W. (1999). Machiavellianism, intrinsic versus extrinsic goals, and social interest: A self-determination theory analysis. Motivation and Emotion, 23, 267-283.
Niemiec, C. P., Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2009). The path taken: Consequences of attaining intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations in post-college life. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 291-306.
Richins, M. L., & Dawson, S. (1992). A consumer values orientation for materialism and its measurement: Scale development and validation. Journal of Consumer Research, 19, 303-316.
Twenge, J. M., Gentile, B., DeWall, C. N., Ma, D., Lacefield, K., & Schurtz, D. R. (2010). Birth cohort increases in psychopathology among young Americans, 1938-2007: A cross-temporal meta-analysis of the MMPI. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 145-154.
Work on the “see-saw” effect of values
Grouzet, F. M. E., Kasser, T., Ahuvia, A., Fernandez-Dols, J. M., Kim, Y., Lau, S., Ryan, R. M., Saunders, S., Schmuck, P., & Sheldon, K. M. (2005). The structure of goal contents across 15 cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 800-816.
Maio, G. R., Pakizeh, A., Cheung, W-Y, & Rees, K. J. (2009). Changing, priming, and acting on values: Effects via motivational relations in a circular model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 699-715.
Schwartz, S. H. (1992). Universals in the content and structure of values: Theoretical advances and empirical tests in 20 countries. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology, Vol. 25 (pp. 1-65). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Work on the causes of materialism
Kasser, T., Ryan, R. M., Couchman, C. E., & Sheldon, K. M. (2004). Materialistic values: Their causes and consequences. In T. Kasser & A. D. Kanner (Eds.), Psychology and consumer culture: The struggle for a good life in a materialistic world (pp. 11-28). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Kasser, T., Ryan, R. M., Zax, M., & Sameroff, A. J. (1995). The relations of maternal and social environments to late adolescents' materialistic and prosocial aspirations. Developmental Psychology, 31, 907-914.
Rindfleisch, A., Burroughs, J. E., & Denton, F. (1997). Family structure, materialism, and compulsive consumption. Journal of Consumer Research, 23, 312-325.
Schor, J. B., (2004). Born to buy: The commercialized child and the new consumer culture. New York: Scribner.
Sheldon, K. M., & Kasser, T. (2008). Psychological threat and extrinsic goal striving. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 37-45.
We need Resource Based Economy if we are serious about sustainability, healthy environment and people. There are millions of ways to be sincerely happy and none of them involves materialism. We can use technology to meet the needs, to progress in healthcare and relevant education, etc. We are exploiting the Earth for all the wrong reasons.
An hour ago I was at Best Buy about to buy a surround sound system just because I could--it was almost like I was hypnotized. Then I made myself snap out of it and walked away, promising myself I'd go back tomorrow and buy it if I still felt the need to have it. It passed, but it's like a powerful craving.
I have a flat screen TV in my apartment and no furniture. I use the box the TV came in as my coffee table. I have no sofa and sit on my yoga mat. What the flying fuck would I do with a surround sound system at this point??? lol
+IMxYOURxDADDY exactly. We've set up a system dependent on us being weak minded consumer drones. It's mind blowing if you think about it. What the hell would happen if we started fixing everything that was broken, bought used, and only bought out of physical necessity... So much of our economy would collapse. But, we would eventually reemerge with an economy that reflected a better human being. It all starts with our children. But buying less for them means more actual parenting and quality time.
Well you COULD annoy your neighbors until they come after you with guns and knives....
Use the box it came with as a dining table? :) I have no idea. I'm happy with the hand-me down speakers my computer came with. I use my awesome tv as a computer monitor. I have a wii and PS3. Both came with extra games. I think people overspend due to fashion trends, both of these systems with extra controllers and games cost me under $500. Go figure.
Intensify your movie experience
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materialism the religion of the fools
+Antoine le I thought religion was for fools...
thinker
thinker? Me? I just try using common sense. The least common of senses.
+fenryx0 religions is not for fools. things are not fools. only people can be.
Dipsy Teletubbie Which is why I'm saying it is for fools. Religion is just a mechanism to control masses, nothing more.
Havent watched tv for well over a year, the programs between the commercials are too short. Also to be fair, TV-watching is a dying concept.
in 2 generations, noone will sit down to watch commercial bombed tv like some do today. Most of my friends does not watch tv either.
+IMxYOURxDADDY he has a point as people prefer commercial free entertainment now like Netflix and the likes. I specifically stopped tv once I had kids as the commercials were teaching my kids about erections and personal lubricants, as well as brainwashing them that they NEEDED every damn toy or game. Cute at first, until you realize it's screwing with your kids head and outlook on life around him/her. I see a lot of parents doing this as well. Here's to hoping!
@@jcarter3238 5 years later and it feels like almost every household has given up on cable and looking to Netflix and Amazon now .
We are WAY overexposed as humans. How many times a day are you bombarded with an ad or subliminal coercing to buy something. Snack, soda machines, supplies and even stupid trinkets are now in elementary schools (don't send your kids with more cash than lunch). We get hit on the Internet, TH-cam, other social media, busses, cars, your favorite shows, musicians and their songs, commercials on tv, buildings, billboards, clothing your friend wears. How many times have your kids or somebody else not know what they wanted around Christmas, so they peruse catalogs and BOOM! They really want it now! They didn't needed it 5 minutes before, but now they do. We no longer buy out of necessity so companies have us by our feet because we are WEAK as individuals.
It's called free market capitalism, with the emphasis on free, they are free to advertise to their hearts content, and we as consumers are free to choose to buy or not, no one forces you to purchase anything, that's what living in a free society is all about, that's why obamacare is bad, because it is the only time in America that you are forced to buy something or face a penalty, that's not freedom, that's called communism.
+John Freilander there's no better resource than owning a human
Well said. I understand the problems of advertising but I'd rather live in my home country of Canada where ads are everywhere than in places like Cuba or North Korea where their are authoritarian restrictions on advertising and the government also controls the distribution of products produced in their country. Capitalism has its problems, sure, but I fear big government far more than I fear big business. No government should tell someone what they should buy, what they should sell, or how they should market. Unless the marketing strategy has serious legal and/or ethical concerns, it should be allowed.
Kind of twisted the message; the last sentence said it all though. It's not an advertising problem, it's a people problem. PEOPLE could completely change the entire market and what's pushed with their power as a consumer. And per usual, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. If you raise your kids to prioritize and separate wants and needs, and to understand marketing and advertising, they would recognize the exposure to manipulate your spending, and they would stand a much better chance of becoming more responsible consumers. Companies will not spend boat loads of money advertising or manufacturing items or services they think or know won't sell. That was my point.
Mark Minnema That being said, I do believe society has a right to dictate what is obscene or not obscene on local levels in America.
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I agree wholeheartedly with this video. But "the research shows" and "studies show" and "scientists discovered" is used a lot. These are bullshit buzzwords that need to be backed up with references. Otherwise, keep up the good work!
+Jem Good comment, the video content is clearly well made without the airy reinforcing comments.
www.newdream.org/resources/high-price-of-materialism-further-reading
They did indeed cite their sources here and mentioned it in the video description
We need Resource Based Economy if we are serious about sustainability, healthy environment and people. There are millions of ways to be sincerely happy and none of them involves materialism. We can use technology to meet the needs, to progress in healthcare and relevant education, etc. We are exploiting the Earth for all the wrong reasons.
Less materialism too the world! ahem at least the affluent northern hemisphere.
He's a good drawer .....
I think he is....
We need Resource Based Economy if we are serious about sustainability, healthy environment and people. There are millions of ways to be sincerely happy and none of them involves materialism. We can use technology to meet the needs, to progress in healthcare and relevant education, etc. We are exploiting the Earth for all the wrong reasons.
lmao he's so good at keeping my socks safe
Intrinsic value and finding meaning in the work you do is important. Social relationships are important, etc. But we need to recognize the problems involved with central planning and trying to "engineer" an utopian society. The road to hell is paved in good intentions.
As mises and hayek pointed out, the free market provides us with a decentralized system of information in society that simply can't be replaced by centralized planning.
I'd prefer the freedom to pursue a my idea of a deeply fulfilling life in a free society vs having someone else's idea of what is best for me forced upon me by a socialist regime.
Huh? What are you going on about??
Did you misread what I wrote? You seem to have a highly critical/aggressive attitude towards central planning - a concept which I highly criticized in my post, and yet you're accusing me of propaganda and calling me wrong for essentially agreeing with you on principle?? Am I missing something here???
On a side note, the US is not a communist country. It's somewhere between capitalism and what was coined as market socialism back in the 30's and 40's.
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I spend money on experiences that can enrich my life. traveling.... getting my pilot license, scuba cert... etc
@@karimmerniz221 No it's not material. You tell me Karim Merniz...,.what's the material aspect of it? Or do you not know what material means? Let's say I make a 3 month trip to somewhere, I learn about the culture, made new friends, and set foot on uncharted territory and those experience changes you as a person and your perception of life, there is nothing material about it. See... I can spend $3000 USD on that, or I can buy a gaming rig for that much and stay at home, little to no enrichment with purchasing that, it doesn't help me grow or allow me to see the world from a different perspective. I don't use travel agencies, most experienced travelers do not use agencies, they travel with their own itineraries. And yes this 3 month trip did happen, Traveled from Australia, India, Indonedia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and Korea all in 3 months time. Best self-enrichment you can offer yourself.
@@r1oot I studied in Japan for a year during university, took a year off after and traveled/worked around Asia. Commissioned as a US naval officer and spent 2 years in Dubai, 1 in Djibouti Africa, 1 year in Rota Spain. Yes I do travel in between my R & R days. Prior to covid I still travel abroad about twice a year to new places. I'm headed to Costa Rica next month...
Traveling and experiences is still materialistic. Eating in restaurants and traveling by jet is still spending/consuming/polluting.
@@tywebbgolfenthusiast8950 explain to me then, how is me going to certain place materialistic? I back packed through south America and Asia, taking in new experiences and learning culture. But I'd love to hear what's materialistic about that. Oh and nobody brought up pollution, you just randomly said that. But if your worried about pollution, just go and off yourself if you don't want to live. But let me live my life the way I want. But I'll be waiting for your reply so I learn about your materialism teachings
@@ReassuringSmilehe did in fact mention the impact of materialism on the earth/ecology and gave several examples. And I stand by my statement that travel is a form of consuming. I’m not suggesting you should feel bad about it or change what you are doing. Just don’t delude yourself into thinking that the way that you travel is not consuming. Maybe not as blatant, but still, consumption. As for your other suggestion, I think I will pass on that.
Thank you, finally some sense! I used to be a shopaholic and I spent way too much money. It did NOT make happy obviously. I hate how so many of us act so greedily and only think of ourselves and buy non stop and not get anywhere. It has got to stop
This just made me happier already.
It is difficult to escape the idea of consumerism and materialism, rather than following your passions in life.
yeah dude. i agree with you. if escaping from consumerism and materialism is easy, people wouldn’t have desire to develop. Then, we would have been primitives.
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One has to be careful with terms here. Materialism isn't the problem as much as one's attitude toward material goods is. If a person understands that happiness is more a product of outlook, attitude and priorities than of possessions, then material possessions can play a limited role in fulfillment. After all, it's through the material world that we all reach one another. The problem is the now rampant misguided conflation of possessing material goods (or the potential for owning them as expressed in monetary accumulation) with quality of life.
There are many materialistic people and societies that know the place of material possessions, that use material goods to enhance quality of life, and that do not allow material possessions to interfere with happiness. The key is to have common sense priorities, ones that are poorly represented by perverse capitalism, where raising capital with the ostensible objective of accumulating as much monetary wealth and as many material possessions as possible is paramount. That is an illness.
Dysfunctional materialism often stems from deep-rooted anxiety, fear of poverty, fear of ridicule, fear of humiliation, need for control, and/or need for power. It can stem from seemingly positive traits such as desire for admiration, desire to achieve, or desire to provide, but these are often just the flip side of the negative drives. Even when they are not, they can cause destructive results as the "zero sum game" is a real phenomenon, though rarely acknowledged these days in the long-accepted "rising tide raises all boats" common ideology.
Yes, this is to prove communism is better. I myself growing in a communist country, It was exactly what this video is all about: as everyone had the same/ similar car, house and TV, people were very,very social. We valued much friendship and other non materialistic things. Therefore we were much, much happier than now. Now we turned to capitalistic values: egoism, materialism, consumerism. Yes, people have more, much more stuff now and they are much more unhappy.
I'm so indoctrinated with the "work ethic" that even in retirement I constantly think about work. Can't seem to feel completely carefree even though I have no cares.
You epitomize the problem with people: the lack of unique, individual, critical thought. No one should provide you with answers, for the same reason no "thing" should provide you with happiness. All of the answers, all of the happiness, resides within us, intrinsically, if we take time to search it out. You must think for yourself. Sure, engage in discourse with others, collaborate with other minds, but in the end, you must learn how to generate and arrive at answers for yourself.
Pretty cool video. I enjoyed watching it on my macbook, on youtube, through designer glasses in my chaiselong-sofa
Materialism is important to drive the world forward. Without it, we'd still be living in caves.
I hope you recycled all that paper.
+Laura M OMG youre beautiful Laura
paper is biodegradable
We have full time jobs and can't even afford rent! Credit Cards come into play. Slavery is still here in the USA. And we are still told to buy. Capitalism must go
Form a corporation. Charge the cards to the corporation, withdraw all of the cash. Keep doing this until you cannot charge any more cards. Declare bankruptcy and keep all of the cash. Rinse and repeat
Actually slavery is still legal in the US constitution if you're a prisoner. I'm not kidding, look it up.
Because capitalism makes people spend beyond their means? And what's your solution? Bread lines?
The best type of slavery is the slave who dosent know hes a slave
@@flyingroses126 distributism
In the lyrics of Devo “Freedom of choice as what you got, Freedom from choice is what you want.”
Great video, I’ve always know this.
I guess consumism and materialism are linked
Thank you for all the tips - adding Ad Block to my internet now!
I am so un-materialistic that I use an iPhone mini
Sad, but true. I can't wait for society to get beyond selfishness as a socioeconomic system.
Around 2:12 I can't help but notice that prosocial behaviors all have to do with examining your life instead of just mindlessly doing that which is "normal" (aka it's unusual for someone to ride a bike/walk over driving or to recycle). Whereas spending every dime you make and driving everywhere (even in lovely weather) are so normal no one thinks twice.
The unexamined life really isn't worth living.
We can strengthen our soul, our spiritual nature, "by thinking and caring less for material things and more for the spiritual. The further we go from the one, the nearer we are to the other. The choice is ours." ~ Baha'i Faith
Consume product.
Get excited for next product.
I used to be a shopaholic so badly that my cart would be filled with material items over food...everytime i shopped i would fill my cart with useless junk and then head to the nearest expensive StarBucks and buy expensive Coffee and expensive food items and later on that evening go to an expensive restaurant, and it almost became a daily habit
I was a young stupid Padawan back in the day, but now detaching myself from material gain to lower my stress levels...I have become overtime a Jedi Master at it and saving more money by not spending so much...now i despise Black Friday sales because of how humans treat each other, and i sit at home cooking my own food and got rid of most of the useless junk i don't need
Getting rid of stuff wasnt an easy task either because i felt attached to them, but i ask myself this question "am i going to use this item often?" Then I either toss it or sell it...took me a long time too because i had a lot of crap.
We need Resource Based Economy if we are serious about sustainability, healthy environment and people. There are millions of ways to be sincerely happy and none of them involves materialism. We can use technology to meet the needs, to progress in healthcare and relevant education, etc. We are exploiting the Earth for all the wrong reasons.
We are just loosing so much trying to shop so much... and is a neverending shoping, so a never ending frustration.
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I will never accept the notion that people buy things because they saw an advertisement or that subliminal advertising drives the goals of others. The real individuals at fault here are the ones that cannot think for themselves and try to place the blame for bad decisions on fictional forces that compel them. ANY human has the ability to stop and think critically about their situation. Take responsibility for your own actions and decisions by seizing your own personal freedom; do not let other people delude you into believing that your freedom is an illusion of subliminal control.
Wow i never noticed but youre so right... it beats us into insecurity and then makes our lives hell chasing products and money...
No man would suffer from a goldigger if capitalism wasnt a thing
If advertising wasn't effective corporations wouldn't spend millions of dollars on it. Nobody is free from cognitive biases or immune to propaganda, you're an idiot if you think you are.
This video is really old and I don't know if you will read my comment or not.
Your message is really deep, sharp and clear. But still you have to put too much efforts to convey it to others. You have to make so many drawings just to convey a simple message. You can simply say this message in front of a camera. But you know, in this way, no one will listen. Because people need entertainment. Too much entertainment for all the time. This is also an impact of consumerism.
I know that you know this but still... I just want to say.
Thank you. ❤️❤️
Well said, very informative and clear. Also you are one heck of an artist! :D
I find it funny that someone tells you not to be materialistic is getting money to tell you that , and they want the money for things
Socrates would be proud.
great message. all spot on. re-purposing items instead of buying them, making gifts instead of buying them, watching nearly zero hours of tv, are a few ways i've been avoiding the consumerism game. just a small step can make a big difference.
Clear points... Materialism is "… rampant and cancerous … undermining the fabric of human society alike in the East and in the West, eating into the vitals of the conflicting peoples and races inhabiting the American, the European and the Asiatic continents." - Shoghi Effendi, Baha'i Faith
The desire of the eyes and the showy display of one’s means of life [do] not originate with the Father.-1 John 2:16.
John mentioned “the desire of the eyes” as an enticement. The expression suggests that one can begin desiring something by simply looking at it. Note that Satan “showed [Jesus] all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in an instant of time; and the Devil said to him: ‘I will give you all this authority and the glory of them.’” (Luke 4:5, 6) Jesus would not with his literal eyes see all the kingdoms in an instant, but Satan must have felt that the glory of these kingdoms, as presented in a vision, would hold some attraction for Jesus. Shamelessly, Satan suggested: “If you do an act of worship before me, it will all be yours.” (Luke 4:7) In no way did Jesus want to be the kind of person Satan wanted him to be. His response was immediate. He said: “It is written, ‘It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’”-Luke 4:8.
Anyone else here because of online school?
I'm watching this on my 1500 dollar self built PC. I take hot showers, I have indoor pluming, Machines do my laundry, professionals take care off my teeth. I eat a roughly 3-4 whole 5 dollar rotisserie chicken from Costco every week. I am a glutton. And still I want more. I want to live in beautifully constructed, well planed out cites, where I belong, where I am valuable. You could say I am a materialist with social values.
Yes this guy is right!! We shouldn't listen to economists, they have no clue what they are talking about! *sigh*
The perceived problem is probably 100,000 times more desireable than any of the solutions this guy would propose. Just in case you guys don't know by now, people like this man (guys like Mao, Stalin, and Che) have resulted in more deaths than any amount of "materialism." The sad truth is that materialism will ALWAYs be here, since it is a human problem, not a problem of our system.
The way this is presented makes me wonder. Is this guy trying to hurt corporations or help the viewer? He is talking of social change, the environment and volunteering for causes. These tend to be liberal buzz words/ phrases. I am all for not living to purchase the next cool item. Simply buy what you need for a reasonably comfortable and productive life. I personally have gotten off the treadmill of consumerism. I no longer work 100 hours a week and I start a lot off sentences with the word "I". I've taken care of other people all of my adult life, now I think of myself on occasion. And I am much Happier!!!
I have to disagree about the adblock sometimes, because if you go on sites such as TH-cam, and everybody used adblock, then the site would start to cost mony because it is lacking sufficient funds
Without materialism you wouldn't have this video.
American consumer is what is supporting the world economy
No, you've confused greed with materialism, materialism is realistic, you need a roof over your head, food every now and then and preferably a bed. You don't need to go on expensive vacations or say explore the ocean in a submarine but life would be boring without it. Whats more. you say you don't what you need for "well being," an important concept in my world view, a flaw in yours.
alex rad You've confused having your needs met with materialism. That isn't what materialism is. Materialism is defined as: "a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values." That doesn't mean our basic needs. That means stuff before all else. What you call a flaw in the world view of this film is, in fact, scientifically proven to be accurate and your world view is shown to be detrimental to true happiness.
Joslyn Bloodworth Nicely said !
Materialism is buying an Apple Watch when you don't need that shit.
Materialism is child slaves building millions of apple watches when NO ONE needs that shit.
James C Atreides this.
One thing, tho. You shouldn't use adblock on sites you actually want to support.
Other than that, this is ace.
1. Absolutely agree that less materialism would be great for everyone!
2. question why "ecologically sustainable" and "socially just" are assumed a priori to be loftier and nobler goals than personal materialistic achievements. (Even if they happen to be, they must be logically and rationally defended to be so, from first principles)
Oh come on, promoting a sticky plaster to curb materialism as if this is an isolated issue ? - say it as it is CAPITALISM = MATERIALISM
why is everyone I know on a competitive streak?
why are we constantly comparing ourselves to other people
only to end up ruining potential relationships that
in some way could change our lives for the better?
I think this phenomenon is responsible for the degradation
of human relationships, especially in the dating world.
But where does it come from? How? And why does it happen?
from the link below- I've managed to extract bits of data
to support my thesis and this is only the beginning-
what will my research lead to? What will unfold?
(www.quora.com/What-exactly-is-the-rat-race-in-life)
Let's look at this piece right here by Carol Thompson
"Ultimately, the “rat race” is created by comparing our accomplishments,
our joys, our challenges, our feelings, our pains, our experiences… to others.
We wouldn’t compare if we weren’t concerned with knowing where we stood near them, but this also gives birth to the never-ending feeling that you’re simply not getting there.
I consider the rat race of life to be a myth.
It’s created by our conception that we have to be
a specific way or be better or on par,
or worse (for that matter) than someone else."
SOUNDS LIKE A TACTIC FOR DIVIDE AND CONQUER, AYE?
the American system (capitalism) is a deteriorating scheme
that was meant to fall-apart and pin people against
each other, hence leading to the downfall of Rome in only a
matter of time.
Here's what I find very interesting- the following paragraph
by Carol reads "If we were simply happy with who we are, and sought things out because we simply wanted to see them there -
then the rat race doesn’t truly exist, it’s simply our life."
Pay attention to the details of this sentence- specifically on the line
that says "If we were simply happy with who we are." Does anything on television,
social media, the news, etc. provoke individuals to be happy with who they are?
Hell no!
All of this is part of a mission of cynicism and coercion which is implemented
in various platforms across the U.S. mainly the public education system-
which has promoted narcissism for years and continues to breed entitlement and insensitivity for passive sheep.
valuable resources of the elite:
capitalism- consumerism- narcissism- divide and conquer
Wow thanks for sharing! Spot on!!
One of the things I try to do is use the material things I've been blessed with to help others. I have lots of tools, and I've loaned them to neighbors and friends, or done work for them to help them out. I've also had friends lend me certain pieces of equipment that I've needed to do things around my place. I try to maintain my vehicle so it lasts longer, and won't be sent to the junk yard way too early. I compost what I can, and reuse it in my garden, but I don't beat on others about doing it. There's a lot of little things you can do to make life better without having to have all the latest gadgets. But I also try not to by cheap things that won't last that I'll have to throw away and buy another one.
I don't see any scientific data to back any of this up, including my own life experience. Scientists say x y and z to get paid. All materialism isn't bad. It encourages people to strive to be better than average. And people who have money to be materialistic are some of the nicest I've ever met. He mentions France. They are the rudest and most materialistic people I have met.
In fact, the video is about Consumerism not Materialism. Materialism is a movement to obtain the best material possible to solve material problems. Consumerism is an enjoyment of the process buying new things and throwing them as a garbage to the land fills while material problems persist to exist.
wish someone like this would run for President :)... love the drawings
You were programmed to love things and use people , instead of loving people and using things.
An integral part of my embracing the larger world beyond materialism
has been my waking up from the meme fabric (down comforter/conformer) that's
set over the US.
I researched 9/11, Sandy Hook, Boston Marathon 'bombings', Dr. Martin Luther King and his State conducted assassination...the gauze began to fray, real/revolutionary healing began.
Freedom is scary, materialism and orthodox thinking soothe.
Processing through my fear has been (while scary) liberating.
Our priority should be trying to create balance in the world and problem solving.
Anyone who has moved to another house or apartment has learned this life lesson: THE MORE STUFF YOU OWN, THE MORE STUFF OWNS YOU.
Shutting down materialism, shuts down the super rich. If you don't buy their stuff they don't make any money. Buy locally from your farmers, from your neighbors, help out your friends when they need to put a new roof on their house, they can help you when you need a new roof. I've lived down the street from the Amish my whole life and have watched how these people get along just fine in life without all the garbage people fill their lives with.
We are killing ourselves with stuff.
I buy toys but still go cycling and meet with my friends. You can do both. And materialism is hardly a modern phenomenon. It’s been like that since the beginning of time and it will be like that till the end of time.
Argumentum ad antiquitatem. Frivolous/conspicuous consumption is a problem because it pollutes the environment, depletes resources, and warms the planet.
The best way to remove materialism from your mind is selfless service. I know it sounds stupid, but it works.
Or else you could try to focus on doing your job to help people. If you adopt this mindset and change a few ways you do your work to better help people, it will have more or less the same effect.
Demonstrates the incredible importance of the arts in getting over very fundamental and practical advice for changing our consumeristic society, focused on the material, to a cooperative, collaborative society where spiritual qualities and attributes determine the use of material things.
Salut Maxime
I feel very trapped and frustrated when I focus on tangible things, but since I came to the USA, I have been so bombarded with pressure to own expensive things, which I obviously don't need. It is becoming an unhealthy habit to buy, buy and buy. I need to control myself ...
It’s true; the good life today is the “goods” life, just as the video said. Everywhere we go we see advertisements telling us what to buy. The government focuses on consumer spending because the government wants to fix the economy, but buying of material goods is hurting the environment. Removing public messages from places like schools will help shape future generations and get them out of the bad habits we have gotten ourselves into. Change will lead to a more sustainable world.
Very Good. "I earnestly exhort you: let not your hearts be fettered by the material things of this world; I charge you not to lie contentedly on the beds of negligence, prisoners of matter, but to arise and free yourselves from its chains!"- Baha'i Faith
The destruction of the planet
every other day you see a new big celeb die of a drug overdose why..not because of materialism but because of greed holding to much money for there selfs aswell
The young generation today are a generation of instant gratification. Everything is so readily available now. i guess i was a sucker for this in 6th grade when i would call Wal Mart over and over again to see if they had gotten in another copy of The Legend of Zelda....
I won't lie. I had to rewatch this because it's 1 am and it was so satisfying to watch you draw... Awesome message though!
"Studies shows that....." What studies in particular? Can I get a link?
What is humane society according to the video?
What is well-being according to the video?
What is a sustainable world according to the video?
You got very good drawing skills
Reed and practice BHGVAT GEETA .... Saying of Lord krishna.. All illusions will be vanished.
Environmental Damage
GET RID OF YOUR TV!!! Unless your living on Times Square in NYC,, Where else are you seeing all these ads???
Just cut the cord. I am getting used to it.
This should be taught in EVERY single elementary schools. Seriously!
Years ago, I saw a kid walking around and using his hand as an airplane in make shift flight. Now, I see kids staring at their devices. Materialism kills creativity.
Fitness Simple. Everything in Healthy amounts. Meditate, practice Yoga,, and not the Capitalism kind if there are any
I'd like to say thank you to the creators of this video and the people who posted it. I believe that the advice in this video is 100% correct!
I am only materialistic when it comes to video games. I can live a crappy late 90's car and bed, 6 year old TV, 4 year old computer and more than 2 year old phone. I would be happier of course if I could get a girlfriend. But this has nothing to do with being materialistic.
fun update: we have only become worse. Year 2021. How's the future looking?
Can someone Please tell me How All of this Bombardment by Big Corps is Not ABUSE?
I hate having stuff, it's in the way, i have to clean it, i have to iron it, carry it, it breaks, replace it, spend money on it... not that i want an empty modern house... these types of people usually still buy a lot of stuff.
Here's what we have done: We killed our TV (but download what we DO want to watch). We read more, & spend more time together. We also spend more time outdoors which helps our health as well as our mental well-being. We work for broader social change: including things like rescuing dogs, helping our neighbors, and going out in the neighborhood in door-to-door ministry. It is amazing how much money we have saved! And even better yet, how our physical, mental, and spiritual happiness has increased.
In conclusion,it was true in this temporary world actually are rich and are poor in this temporary world actually,it exist actually because Allah only want rich people must help and support poor people in this temporary world actually,it based on give poor people job,and then give them salary in this temporary world.
This is a masterful creation; akin to a book that was lauded for its masterful storytelling. "The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Living Guide" by Matthew Cove