Affluenza, n.
1. A painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more. 2. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth.
An overwhelming feeling that we have become:
- Too materialistic;
- Too greedy;
- Too selfish;
- Too self-absorbed;
And that we need to bring back into balance the enduring values that have supported this society for generations, particularly during 'hard' and 'troubled' times.
We have been producing and consuming beyond the limits of natural repair and replenishment. We have created a disease of consumerism that has spread around the world - we must begin to alter our patterns of consumption before the infection becomes an epidemic.
"Waste not Want not" said Benjamin Franklin.
Simplicity, the Greeks believed was a mid-point between luxury and deprivation; The Middle Way.
Consume, v.
1. to destroy or expend by use; use up. 2. to eat or drink up; devour. 3. to destroy, as by decomposition or burning: Fire consumed the forest. 4. to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully. 5. to absorb; engross: consumed with curiosity. 6. to undergo destruction; waste away. 7. to use or use up consumer goods.
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