Image a world with no luxury cars, no mansions, no designer clothes, etc. Everything will just be basic. If life was like this I think people in general would be stress free. People would not get robbed as much and there wouldnt be a lot of debt.
2007-01-28 13:33:06 · 12 answers · asked by jason j 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes i think life would be easy in some ways,, i think its very easy to get court up in the material world,and becomes very easy to forget the true happinesses in life, things that cant be bought,, but given and recieved by others..
2007-01-28 20:45:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easier?? Uhh no, not in terms of 'what ya do to survive', and more importantly , what ya do to 'fit in'. If you measure your own life by comparing it to what others have, you'll stress until you think you've caught up, or surpassed them.
What you're calling 'basic' life.. is basically harder to pull off than you think, and it could be a fulltime job 24/7. It's stuffed FULL of material things, like food you have to hunt, butcher, find or grow.. and shelter you have to build develop, and protect from predators; those who just want to eat you, and those who envy you your shelter.
That's real-life real-world stress, just like every other animal on this planet feels. The kind of stress you mention here? It's all self-induced, media-fed and mainly suffered by the very young. Since you have access to a computer & the Internet, you're a long ways from really poor, or really stressed. You've just learned to be unhappy comparing what you see and think you want.. with what you really need to survive.
Just because there ARE mansions & luxury cars and assorted other status symbols doesnt mean you have to stress over not having them! If you want them? Make it so: but make it real. Stay out of debt, learn to protect and cherish what you have, go for what you want, and earn it; one way or another!
2007-01-28 22:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by magz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To a certain extent, maybe. I agree we don't need luxury cars, mansions and designer clothes or any fancy stuff like that. But there is some great technology out there that's very useful.
2007-01-28 22:11:23 · answer #3 · answered by Kiara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure about that. I can understand poverty, I can understand wealth, however, I also understand that a lot of people put worth into the almighty exchange for goods concept. We all consume at different rates, and at different times. We all have different ideas and values that generate a worth. If we had none of the “THINGS” we would, by nature, still find a pecking order. The stress would only be reallocated, not removed.
2007-01-28 22:06:16 · answer #4 · answered by coffeegod 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's about as ridiculous as thinking that the Native American Indians "had a good thing going." Or that agriculture is the root of all evil.
Both those concepts sound like they come straight out of my left-wing pink-o commie Cultural Anthropology class at college.
2007-01-28 22:11:38 · answer #5 · answered by Furibundus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great u start, throw ur computer that you are using out, get rid of ur car, and whatever else you use, go live in a cave somewhere and let me know how u get on?
2007-01-28 21:41:15 · answer #6 · answered by yahwhoon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, look how peaceful everything was back in Biblical days.
Incest, looting, rape, robbery, murder, oppression, crucifixion, torture, human sacrifice.
Ah, the good old days, before luxury cars.
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2007-01-28 22:22:00 · answer #7 · answered by snootymcpooty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are describing life in a monastery. So, this 'world' already exists. Which one will you join?
2007-01-29 01:34:41 · answer #8 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you ever want to start a community like that, let me know.
2007-01-28 21:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
but being stuck as a 3rd world would not be so fun
2007-01-28 21:40:40 · answer #10 · answered by joe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋