Is Consumerism Consuming Us?

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“hey Lee and Eleanor!”

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“@Lee TOTALLY!”

★ Spotlighted from Mitchell Heldt

“If you let them live long enoug to reach for the box, then you need to get a lot tougher”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“It's morally acceptable as long as it was the last Grand Theft Auto you were trying to rid the world of”

★ Spotlighted from melissa kessler

“grow your own food. tho you end up buying seeds to start”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“grand theft auto is a disc that cost 25 cents to make that they sell you for 60 bucks. You would have to be a fool to want some useless item like that.”

★ Spotlighted from Karen Roylance

“the Anti Aging ads really anger me! We are ALL going to get older! I watch my nieces spending WAY too much on "anti aging" creams etc. that they could very well use for their childrens needs.”

★ Spotlighted from Sophia Belita

“and the bank always wins”

★ Spotlighted from Dennis Owen

“advertising is there to make you want what you don't need”

★ Spotlighted from Sophia Belita

“youth shouldnt be celebrated. wisdom should be”

★ Spotlighted from melissa kessler

“We the people need to start the change that our government has failed to do. we need to take care of our own. we need to set-up systems that get local food to people. we need to start more buying clubs (imo). thereby supporting local producers AND sa”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“how do we convince other people to stop consuming”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“We can convince people to stop consuming. Like Lee recently said, you can't do this suddenly. It has to happen s”

★ Spotlighted from Jim Munro

“a thousand Rev Billy clones”

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“I think the whole thing is a result of the human condition being psychologically unwell.”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“I shot too quick from the hip there...I got excited...Lee does that to me!”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“@ Jordan the human condition is a direct result of the social structure we live in. Capitalism, profits above all else. With this at the heart what else could you expect them people to measure their worth buy the things they own.”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“reducing dependency on money will make u not need a job when the system goes into a depression”

★ Spotlighted from Mitchell Heldt

“People need to eat, drink and crap. Even if we don't make flat screen tv's just the basics are over consuming the planet”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“I'll walk around naked if I thought it would reprogram one person's view.”

★ Spotlighted from Jim Munro

“Lisa could change two people's points of view”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“its just soo pathetic that we burn soo much fuel just for asshats to go to their pointless job”

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“hey forum mates! we have to vote up each other's comments for Lee and Eleanor to see them…”

★ Spotlighted from Mitchell Heldt

“There may be 3 empty homes per homeless. But, there are many family living 5 people in a 2 bedroom apt just to get by. the empty houses are mcmansions”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“Now with the holidays at hand, it's so difficult to make people aware of this wasteful spending.”

★ Spotlighted from Mitchell Heldt

“The islands of Kiribati can support 500 people. 100,000 people are living in that area and just drawing water from the well is killing the aquifer (called a lens on an atoll)”

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“so its not just a US thngs”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“Hahaha....shut up! I'm highly considering it since I got two votes on it.”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“after the strikes and and all the effort to at least slow down black friday. Walmart reoirted the best black friday in history. Is it true? Idk. Does it depress the crap out of me? yes, very much.”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“Eleanor you probably used human blood for anti aging. I heard the kardashians use it to stay looking young.”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“where do i find out about local protests!!”

★ Spotlighted from melissa kessler

“million mask march on the 5th check ur nearest city”

★ Spotlighted from Sophia Belita

“my family is cool with it, but we dont exchange gifts. we decide who to donate to and give money to that. once side of the family. my husbands..does the orgy of gifts. those get donated, a lot of times..”

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“i dont see what the problem is with re-gifting. if you had a gift that you dont want,give to someone who does.”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“We are just not doing xmas. No wishing a happy xmas no tress, no presents. Full boycott. We are atheist anyway and sick of having this holiday/jesus fairytale BS consumerism every year.”

★ Spotlighted from Jim Munro

“Buy nothing Christmas https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BuyNothingChristmas&src=hash”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“lol, I know better then that Lee I follow your work very closely.”

★ Spotlighted from Karen Roylance

“Haha...Athiest here as well!”

★ Spotlighted from Jim Munro

“ultraorthadox atheist”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“That is what we are teaching our three children...anti-consumerism. Unfortunately, the middle one has fallen prey to it but the oldest And youngest are totally on board. Homeschooling is the future.”

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“Atheists are far more spiritual people…”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“Our middle son decided to go to public school and he is totally against our life style. It's weird. I always say that they must of installed a consumerism chip into him at the hospital where he was born.”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“i think we just really need to stop making our children be in aw when they are given a gift”

★ Spotlighted from Bre Madsen

“As Gatto said: When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.”

★ Spotlighted from melissa kessler

“i was home schooled and i resemble that remark”

★ Spotlighted from Mitchell Heldt

“I believe that school needs to be uniform across the country. Even as far as uniforms so that some kids don't have to wear bad clothes”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“I agree that homeschooling depends entirely on the parents. With that said, Fuck Indoctrination and all that shit but like you see, if my children want to chose a different path, I let them. Free will..well, free in our home.”

★ Spotlighted from Karen Roylance

“I know I learned to be a good consumer when they used to send out the annual Sears and JC Penney Christmas Catalogs. I can still smell those glossy pages filled with everything a kid could ever ask for! And I did, believe me I did!”

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“@melissa - you're assuming that religious people can co-exist with logical thought. that's where it breaks…”

★ Spotlighted from melissa kessler

“What i don't get is that if religious parents really believer that their religion is true, then they should be constantly encouraging their children to go out into the world ad seek truth. knowing that they would only find evidence to support a "true”

★ Spotlighted from Bre Madsen

“I think pranking corporations are the exact way to hit their wallets and force them to pay attention...I don't think that directly causing harm to the employees”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“yeah i want to do those PRANKtivism!!”

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“you know what might be a good idea? make your own toys. and you could use local wood,and local sell them locally too. fuck the corporations!”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“Have you all seen the Yes Men? That is corporate praks at their best.”

★ Spotlighted from Mitchell Heldt

“My favorite consulting job was going to Lego in Billund Denmark to try a new way to color Lego toys. I've made toys.”

★ Spotlighted from melissa kessler

“OMG fun with "business reply mail" whenever i get a credit card offer i take out the business reply envelope and stuff it with paper (truth propaganda if i have any) and send them back. companis have to pay the postage on the mail they get”

★ Spotlighted from Sophia Belita

“i always mess with telemarketers and then at the end i say my phone number? 1800 GO FUCK YA SELF and then i laugh”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“I love you too Lee! Eleanor is pretty awesome too!”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“u should make an anual pranktivism day”

★ Spotlighted from melissa kessler

“I think 1 of many answers. our corporate overlords don't stop at 1 technique, why should we?”

★ Spotlighted from Bre Madsen

“I think its a good starting point. People still shop during protests.. but when it starts to effect their profits.. they have to listen..”

★ Spotlighted from Jim Munro

“pranktivism could take over the old "Gait Night" which had been officially discouraged”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“the Koch brothers and 4 of the Waltons are 6 of the ten richest people in America. And guess who runs and fund the libertarian and tea parties....”

★ Spotlighted from melissa kessler

“there are tiny things we can all do every day, we just need the brilliant ones to help us figure it out.”

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“can i just say,that this topic is not just a US problem. what about the rest of the world too?”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“I am still trying to push TZM and a RBE. Hard to explain things the way Peter J does though.”

★ Spotlighted from Jim Munro

“I do most of my shopping at a unionized big box grocer and then market gardners for most of my produce”

★ Spotlighted from Sophia Belita

“melissa, we ARE the brilliant ones. dont wait for others. start doing what you think helps and it will spread! trust your gut!”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“what are these people getting arrested for for chalking on sidewalks”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“Yes Lucy, you're right! We are all in this together. It's not just in one part of the world. What we do here, affects millions worldwide.”

★ Spotlighted from Sophia Belita

“i push an rbe and tzm as well. its not easy. but i feel like i HAVE to and to do less is not acceptable.”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“Okay...let me just get this off my chest since I have a big one...FUCK FACEBOOK!”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“yeah but like what are they getting arrested for, while chalking”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“In houston at a chase back as well.”

★ Spotlighted from Sophia Belita

“if not for fb, i wouldnt know of this tawk”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“I have had some good luck with FB and my page. I agree it is now a NSA shill but, I like them listening to me. Hope it scares the crap out of their owners.”

★ Spotlighted from Martin Bigger

“disturbing the peace?? :P you know cuse mass the banks werent disturbing the peace”

★ Spotlighted from Jim Munro

“I'm hoping Brazil sponsors a new facebook, email and web search that doesn't sell off our info”

★ Spotlighted from Sophia Belita

“lucy, mine is "if you're in marketing, kill yourself" lol”

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“"watching TV is like spraying black paint on your third eye" - my final thought from a legend...”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“Good to know we are all not alone. Even if the MSM wants us to think that.”

★ Spotlighted from Lisa Del Rey

“I'm a peaceful activist with a big heart hence the big chest to put it in, I agree on the barter system, I agree in spreading the truth and I will stand against consumerism and indoctrination until my final days hoping I have left this world better”

★ Spotlighted from Lucy Dyer

“thanks you two. i have to elenaor,you were the sane mind in a sea of crazyness!!”

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“well, I know I feel better about humanity after this Tawk…”

★ Spotlighted from Jim Munro

“Lisa's a super-mom with super smart observations!”

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

“Dude - that was too legit to quit!”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“Thanks Lee, Eleanor for you time and effort. Know you are supported.”

★ Spotlighted from Robert Jenkins

“have to go slave for the man here doing the ACA. Much love and respect to all.”