Sometimes I get this feeling we're sacrificing future generations in order to fulfill our...?

Question

..."Conspicuous Consumption..." Is that what we're doing? Or does the whole "generational inheritance" thing work like that? Did the previous generations sacrifice "us" today?

Answer 1

Aha, the ghost of Thorstein Veblen? And also "invidious consumption"? The basic premises and philosophies via which Western, (and now Eastern as well) cultures operate, are seriously flawed, eh?

Its role models exude no to low consciousness levels, at best. Money, power, status, greed, ego, pernicious competition, superficiality, narcissist sociopathy, selfishness, are the watchwords.

Until all of this somehow miraculously changes everyone, except the self proclaimed "elites" will wind up being sacrificed in one way or another.

How did "things" become this way? In no small measure due to the agendas and long term plans of the NWO/Illuminati. Generally psychopaths, with the emotional age of 6, and the consciousness level of a serial killer, they desire control over everyone and everything to fulfill their dysfunctional "needs". Whatever innocents suffer as a consequence is completely irrelevant to them. May they rot in hell :))

Answer 2

"Consumption" isn't the problem, government is. Here in the US, the clamor for "free" health care will bring economic ruin to the country. Already, the future obligations of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the wars we're fighting, and the ever-growing national debt (plus interest) amount to approximately $70 TRILLION dollars. That's _without_ any increases in current programs or the addition of new programs (like "universal" health care), which could raise that figure much, much more.

This is not political dogma but economic fact. Just where are we going to get all that money? That's nearly a quarter of a million dollars for every man, woman and child around now. Our gov't is currently struggling just to pay the interest on the debt we already have, which is only around a tenth that total. With the baby boomer generation retiring, gov't health care and social security costs are going to balloon in the coming years, and even with massive tax increases and drastic reductions in payouts there is a good chance that many of today's programs won't be around for the youth of today when they get old.

I'm 36 and myself and several people I know are saving up for our retirements on the assumption that we will not be receiving anything significant from social security. That program is essentially a legalized Ponzi scheme and as such, inherently unsustainable. If you're my age or younger, all I can recommend is to save aggressively through your life and to stay in good health so that you'll need as little health care as possible. Relying on the gov't to take care of you in your old age could prove a fatal mistake.

If I live an average lifespan, I've got around another 40 years left. Towards the end of my life, somewhere around 2040-2050, things are going to get really interesting, and not necessarily in a good way. Many other countries, more socialized than the US, are in poorer conditions and will hit their economic breaking point years sooner.

The political promises of the past are on a collision course with the future of our country, and the wreckage ain't gonna be pretty.

Answer 3

This is an old but good question. I think that we do consume with the idea that it isn't our problem. For instance, whether one believes in Global Warming or not, there is little argument that the things we consume and the manner of its' consumption is damaging ecosystems, the atmosphere and the economy. We do this knowing the problem isn't just going to vanish, but we also know that by the time it is a real problem, we'll probably be dead. How we can live this way and still look into our children's faces (knowing the burden we place on them) is mystifying.

Answer 4

only at the point that man realized that our consumption was a finite equation.
I don't remember what day that was, likely a Monday.
Generations inherit what is left. some work, others don't. same planet, different arraignment.

Answer 5

Agreed. It is the impact of greed. Never having enough. Always wanting more. And little concern as to those who may be affected by it.

Answer 6

yes this a caotic world and we are living a heritage disaster i think they did sacrifice us but what we are doing now is the most terrible thing we are kiling mother earth no future for comming generations

Answer 7

Prior generations convinced themselves that they were 'progressing' for the common good. And so it continues...albeit, delusionally.