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Originally Posted by Shift  You don't have to look very far to see that things could be better. A good example is parents working two jobs to afford things they don't need, while the kids are in daycare ten hours a day. I don't say it's always like that, but in may cases it is. To me, that's backwards. Do they really need two new cars, smartphones, cable, ect? Is it worth letting a daycare raise your kids?
It's not much of a wonder that there are some strange problems in North America. Too many people focused on acquiring things as oppose to enjoying what they have (like their families).
I say this in the most constructive way possible... I see how tenacious you get on these issues and I simply don't care to engage in a sprawling discussion about it. I guess you could say I'd rather spend time with my family than argue on a message board. If that means I lose the debate, that's a consequence I can live with. |
As if America is the only place where such things happen. 1st world countries are all like that. You act as if all of America is like that. I don't think I even know ONE person like that. And I live in a part of Florida that is about as consumerist as it gets.
Nothing wrong with tenacity. If you can't take tenacity, then hey.