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How Consumerism Destroys Our Minds (George Monbiot)

The CNCL Team — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:05:06 +0000

George Monbiot clearly illustrates how the deep-seated rot of consumerism has invaded and seriously harmed nearly every domain of life - from our own minds to society at large, to our fellow Earthlings and ultimately the entire biosphere. A must watch!

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Ads All Tell Us To Kill Our Future. Worth Discussing?

The CNCL Team — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:45:16 +0000

Every time you avoid what the market economy wants you to do, you help push towards a better system, towards an evolution beyond this shithole machine.

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Dying of Consumption While Guzzling Snake Oil: a Realist’s Perspective on the Environmental Crisis

The CNCL Team — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 04:13:52 +0000

We can’t splurge anymore as individuals, but more critically, as industries and as societies. In fact, we couldn’t afford to overindulge decades ago, and we should have never done so in the first place. We don’t need science to understand this, and we don’t need an ecological footprint calculator. We need empathy and a sense of connection with all life on the planet.

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