The Entertainment Economy
Can the United States economy possibly continue to grow based on nonsensical consumer spending? How many game consoles, CPUs, big screens, automobiles, timepieces, and multi-function cellphones can our population of WalMartians possibly consume? Our economy has become overly dependent on this conspicuous consumption of luxury items. What if everyone woke up and realized that $4 is way too much to spend for a cup of coffee?

We have to spend our money on something though, right? We don't have the kinds of fundamental need problems our grandparents and great-grandparents had. What should a society do when its priveleged class passes through all extents of the traditional needs pyramid? It seems that we are defining a new needs pyramid that is distinctly pear-shaped. Our obese, novelty obsessed masses are hopelessly plugged in to the marketing and propoganda busily creating the next generation of workaholic consumption crazed amusement junkies.

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