Affluenza / Escape from Affluenza

RPTA 600

[@johnpatejr6358]

This is by far one of my favorite documentaries. I've been watching it for years and still is relevant to this day!

[@frankprit3320]

Yep, i watched this on a (real TV with rabbit ears ) lol, 😂 back in the day and it stuck with me my whole life.

[@amyd2203]

“The American Dream... you have to be asleep to believe it.”

[@alacomosu2408]

That's why its calles "dream"

[@vjj1764]

And this came out 26 years ago. I would love to see an update. They were so prescient even then. 😮

[@15SilverSurfer15]

40 thousand back in the 90s damn nothing has changed loo

[@AlvaSudden]

I like shopping malls because you can walk around and not buy anything. They have public bathrooms. Often there's a grocery store nearby to grab a yogurt & bagel. I never spend more than 2 bucks when I go shopping.

[@zoeiiseda246]

You're the exception to the rule!

[@breandadavis3168]

You should look up the history of the shopping mall. I learned about it on a video titled Consumerism by the KZbin channel Then&Now (actually just watch that video, ita really good, but the shopping mall history is just a small part of it). But basically the guy who invented it wanted it to be community oriented. He wanted it to be where the town gathered and did activities. He would be appalled at what they actually became.

[@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748]

@AlvaSudden, I am the same way, especially when malls were up and in full op. I used to love to sit in these neatly designed sitting alcoves and mezzanines with refreshing-looking fountains to either read a novel or do my cross stitch or needlepoint. The only occasional shopping I did in malls was for a good CD 💿 I was fascinated by. Also, I shopped for interesting books and for art 🎨 supplies because I am artistic. But still, I didn't spend any more than @ $15-$20 @ the most. Sometimes, I even spent as little as $10. And I was, and I am still even more content with as many shopping malls now closing.

[@frankprit3320]

i think the new malls are flea markets and community festivals. you can just walk around and look at things, spend as much or little as you like.

[@EmOrganizer]

Thank you for sharing this! Re Escape from Affluenza: I’d never heard of those Eco Teams, even though I’ve always been very interested in environmental issues. I did follow the ‘Klimaatgesprekken’ course a few years ago, which is modelled on the UK’s Carbon Conversations. Very insightful and fun to do! They also have an online programme. The ‘tightwad’ couple’s publication has been rebranded from ‘Vrekkenkrant’ (‘Miser’s Journal’) to ‘Genoeg’ (‘plenty’, ‘enough’). I think that might appeal more to the growing number of people who are intent on consuming less (‘consuminderen’), and matches trends like decluttering (Marie Kondo), (eco) minimalism and intentional living.

[@LauraTucker-nv2hz]

22:18 Ha Ted Haggard had way bigger secrets than too many televisions in his home....

[@LEMONS884]

Great documentary. Despite only being 32, I’m retiring soon. Lived on little since I was 18 and saved much of my money. Have it invested in equity ETFs and treasuries and I should be able to live off the dividends and interest with a supplement of part time work.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

3 years later I am still disgusted by the amount of stuff people have,especially the four car garage guy. BRUH! Good grief! That is way too much! Looks like a boomers' problem too. My grandma would obsess on buying so much stuff to accumulate in my house and I have to tell her I love how empty my home feels. For me, true freedom comes with dealing less dust, built up dirt and filth that having too much stuff tends to attract. As I told a fellow co-worker, less is more.

[@frankprit3320]

enough crap was purchased by the proceeding generation, the younger people really don't "NEED" to buy that much new stuff, unless they are just being greedy of stupid.

[@happygolucky7241]

Classic

[@bbcrumbs]

Where can I buy one of those Adbusters 'ENOUGH' badges?•

[@wendyway6979]

bbcrumbs diy one lol

[@joppleysier4714]

when was this video made?

[@zoeiiseda246]

1998.

[@lisaliu7788]

Cult film stuff

[@plekkchand]

The "Barbie Get Real" play was flimsier than the society it criticized.

[@denissevazquez5845]

its sickening that the world feels like they need all this but really do not . im happier with less.

[@MrVariant]

I feel identity politics are a form of this affluenza just like beauty.

[@TheDriftingsmoke]

scapegoating minorities also a symptom of affluenza

[@piotrcurious1131]

identity politics are collective narcissism. It is comorbid with affluenza - see arms race - it has no diplomatic goal, just narcissistic insecurity plus hollow hope more nukes and more nuclear power plants upgrades status of a nation (even if most citizens are homeless war veterans who cannot connect to the grid... because are homeless?). There is no cure for narcissism though as it requires overcoming own ego, giving up defense mechanisms - it is a philosophical trap like nihilism. In long run it is destructive - after killing all slaves it gets to nature. Nuclear power and nuclear arms race is good example of how far it got - it is suicide For Good - warranting no life will come back for at least few millions years.

[@dzxn3728]

Affluenza supports false meritocracy where the little beleevees of the haves dictates the deservees of the have-nots.

[@ElliotSeiner]

this is wack yo

[@zachcho6768]

that is what I am implying, good day sir

[@dzxn3728]

Focus on the family is kind of baneerneer to hold such based & anticapitalism opinions. As an ex Navy cryptologist the neologism 'affluenza' serves leftism better than rightism. Affluenza is OBVIOUSLY unmitigated capitalism based. Lol. Be nice to trans people Focus on the Family, & quit appropriating the word family. After all, Elective families are families.

[@flaradgirl]

Focus on the Family is a HORRIBLE their ideology according to this film is FREE MARKET CAPITALISM??? give me a break!!! they are gatekeepers for the capitalist owner class...the .01 percent! other than that this film has value. Just disgusted that religion (Christianity) is being promoted. As if other religions don't advocate simplicity? How about leaving religion out so you can get more viewers. geez!

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