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As much as I endorse concepts like Minimalism, Tiny Houses and Ride Sharing for reasons of practicality/economy, it should be abundantly obvious we're getting poorer.

It is not even subtle and a good portion of us are pretending it's about lifestyle choices.

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Wages have been stagnant since the 1980s. The perceptible poorness, or rather lack of increasing prosperity is anything but subtle.

But the American 50-70s have only been possible due to an anomalous rise in oil consumption per capita. Energy = wealth.

I see that. I don't see a lot of urgency in our societies either. Perhaps you have seen this:

https://i.redditmedia.com/LkKBNe1NW51Wh-8nLSTRdQtTha2sV1yY46...

I blame the television and the media, they have sunk the population into a hypnotic stupor.

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