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05-12-08, 08:25 PM
I'm sorry, I just have to vent. I'm just mind-boggled! right now I want to grab society by the throat, give it a good smack across the face and yell "What the F##K are you doing? wake the hell up!".
I find this whole scenario absolutely amazing, and not in a good way.....
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/business/11storage.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=business&adxnnlx=1210641096-VWqbuyUSPuN0IEVTIClxpg
It seems that we (I include Aussies here too) have become such mindless consumers that we just can't see the reality of our situation when it's staring us right in the face!
If you lose your job and can't afford your mortgage, how can you afford rent for somewhere to live and rent for somewhere to keep your stuff?... and if you have so much stuff that it sits in a self-store then why the heck keep it?
What the hell are we as a society thinking? Just how bad does it have to get before the western world gets an inkling of a clue?
Am I the only one here frustrated by the collective ignorance that surrounds me?... I'm really hoping that car-free/car-lite folks here can empathize with me, otherwise I'm liable to just give up all hope.
I find this whole scenario absolutely amazing, and not in a good way.....
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/business/11storage.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=business&adxnnlx=1210641096-VWqbuyUSPuN0IEVTIClxpg
It seems that we (I include Aussies here too) have become such mindless consumers that we just can't see the reality of our situation when it's staring us right in the face!
If you lose your job and can't afford your mortgage, how can you afford rent for somewhere to live and rent for somewhere to keep your stuff?... and if you have so much stuff that it sits in a self-store then why the heck keep it?
What the hell are we as a society thinking? Just how bad does it have to get before the western world gets an inkling of a clue?
Am I the only one here frustrated by the collective ignorance that surrounds me?... I'm really hoping that car-free/car-lite folks here can empathize with me, otherwise I'm liable to just give up all hope.