as I write this, humanity continues its furious race towards self-destruction
Western 'civilization' is based on the desire and accumulation of money, and therefore the desire and accumulation of stuff. People want more things, no matter how wasteful. This vicious mindset of greed replaces thought- there has never been a bigger market for objects with no use. Items like this epitomize the heights of waste that modern capitalist society can surmount. How can anyone find any reason to buy anything of that sort? Maybe it can satisfy a bizarre niche within an artificial demand. Could we live without it? Yes. If we did not have such things, would our quality of life change? No. Does it involve artistic expression and the exploration of the human mind? Fuck no.
Can you imagine the waste that resulted from the creation of the golf-santa?
First, someone devised the idea. A hideous waste of time and brainpower.
Secondly, it was designed. A waste of time, engineering, and resources.
Third, production began. An absolutely terrifying waste of natural resources, and an equally terrifying production of pollution.
Fourth, amazing amounts of energy are wasted in the transportation to the buyer.
Our civilization is doomed.
It remains a mystery to me how we came to be in this position.
I feel so despairing and sad when I think of people attempting to fill the holes in their lives with consumerism. Has human emotion become so shallow that it has been replaced with bigger tvs, luxury cars, and trips to wal-mart?
As far as I can see, people spend most of their lives in the pursuit of, and working at, unfulfilling jobs, purely for the purpose of making money so they can buy crap that they don't need. Then they try and assuage their unhappiness by purchasing ever more, in a horrible cycle.
tbc
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