Lifestyle choices?… call it what it is, #Advertising induced #BrainWashing #Consumerism. Living within our means (including planetary resource limits) is not in the #NeoLiberal mindset of #Grifters nor in the unfetted #Capitalism and #Globalisation handbook. Is the quality of life really enhanced in proportion to the amount of goods we consume or acquire? I think not.

There’s nothing like retirement on a modest pension to make one come to their senses and see that a comfortable, happy and fruitful life can be had cheaply enough. It helps if working life is used to save, consume less with the environment in mind and asking a simple question: ‘do I really need this?’ before buying anything. Some goods are essential, most are not.

/End_of_rant. — doing too much ranting me thinks. Time for a reset.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/lifestyle-creep-and-how-to-avoid-it/106315876

Convincing people to only get your news from one source is how the brainwashing starts.

No one source is going to tell you the whole story.

Use multiple sources and think critically. Thinl for yourself, not think just what you are told to.

#news #media #CriticalThinking #FullPicture #brainwashing

I don't participate in any other social media. I don't subscribe to any streams. I keep my life private. And I get shit for it all the time. I'm "paranoid".

I don't think this is a tinfoil hat thing at all. We're trained to frame it that way. But that's more scifi horror to me. Join us or we'll trample on you. Join us or be nobody.

Be honest, I am already nobody. We all are.

How can I possibly be MORE voiceless in this world? How can I possibly be less meaningless? When bots on socials have more interaction than any other humans how exactly are those socials actually social for humans?

How are any of us benefitting?

We did not become billionaires by losing our privacy and listening to a subjective narrative... THEY DID.

#socials #socialmedia #bots #brainwashing #billionaires #bullshit