PalmDuring the week we dedicate ourselves to working, eating, and sleeping to have the strength to continue day after day. We earn the money the system needs to devour to survive: we religiously pay energy and telecommunications companies, car and mortgage payments, gas, we go to the supermarket... We also buy cosmetics to improve our physical appearance, clothes from popular brands, shoes, and, if we're lucky, one of those big franchises that populate the outdoor areas of some large shopping mall. And we try to go on vacation at least once a year, so that the big airlines, hotels, and vacation rental companies don't have to worry about not making record profits.
The system pays us, but demands that the money return to it: this is the true circular economy, the wheel we turn like any neurotic rodent spending its days inside a cage, without any possibility of breathing fresh air or looking at the horizon beyond the bars.
We have to spend every last penny, barely scraping by at the end of the month. This is for those of us lucky enough to make it, and our numbers are dwindling, because the system leaves a trail of broken people in its wake. If we dare to suggest that we wouldn't like to slow down a bit, or not rush so much, or live differently, the system immediately accuses us of being violent and terrorists, lest more people join our demands and more wheels stop turning. The spokespeople for thestatus quo They have a respectable appearance; they are men and women of order who will regard us with a disapproving gaze and demand that we at least behave appropriately.
If we consume everything, a few will be able to travel by private jet, go on vacation with their yachts, and spend in a matter of hours what takes us months to earn. If we don't consume everything, they will scold us, treat us patronizingly, and explain that change only makes things worse.
That's why consuming only what we truly need is a revolutionary act these days. Going to buy shoes after your old ones have broken, instead of having a closet full of them, is a provocation typical of scoundrels, of dangerous people who seek social chaos.
