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this isn't an either-or case. if anything, capitalists would want you to engage in those sixteen listed behaviours.
i think billionaires have the same mental illness which hoarders suffer from but even i agree that at least thirteen icons of those sixteen listed are wholly unnecessary to live a fulfilling life.
Yeah, absolutely, they want us poor, so they set it up that way. Also, what three, cause I only see one necessary one? (Not counting the ones that say "Overpriced/unnecessary" as eliminating the good/service altogether.) Its video games BTW, and they will not, I repeat, not make you poor. Generally they are a very good allocation of entertainment money in both hours and fun per dollar.
two for sure: video games and forgetting to look for discounts.
the third one--which is more of i don't know precisely what it says rather than it getting a hard pass--is the "buying ... (clot)hes" which is mostly hidden behind the right edge of the big fat "capitalism" sign.
Yeah, I get that. Its probably buying too many clothes. But, like the mindset of this thing is pretty bad, these things are unnecessary, but only bc a bunch have unnecessary in the name.