/lit/ - Literature

Rate and post, I'll start. I think you'll like it. It's not mine though

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Having suicidal thoughts because the exact plan I devised to escape my previous bout of suicidal thoughts. In a similar situation, so more or less stuck.

What can literature do to help me stop being a deeply flawed person?

Capitalism? Debatable.

Consumerism? Totally.

If the market driving capitalism was for locally produced food, green technology, nationally specific technologies (why does Britain have such a market for Mediterranean style decking), buy-for-life appliances that can be cheaply repaired, etc. then capitalism would actually be what saves the world.

Capitalism is just the front for consumerism. And while people can consume without it directly affecting THEM personally, nothing will change unless we can change the culture of the purchaser. We're still in the BUY BIG AND BUY NOW 80s economy in the minds of too many politicians and voters. They wont know what to do when Gen Y and Z (who are far more accepting of climate change science than their parents) become the largest part of the buyers.

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