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RE: Making the Choice... Not to Choose - @ecotrain Question of the Week
I feel sometimes that the idea that we have choice is illusory, and the choices that are presented to us are framed in a way that obscures the type of choice they are. The focus is on this consumer good or that consumer good rather than do you need this stuff and what is the cost to you, how are you prevented from making more critical choices because your time and attention is caught up in something which is marginal, really.
It drives me mad this idea of choice of ... energy providers and the drive to constantly be swapping tariffs: I would prefer fewer providers offering good service at a reasonable price and leave me alone. I've got reading and thinking to do, and I need all that time for doing nothing.
Ha ha, I feel what you're saying with this one... especially here in the UK. Can't get away from the constant energy company swapping, no matter your financial circumstances ;-) I'm not a huge fan of consumerism if I'm honest. Being, relatively, quite low income ironically allows me a good distance from most of that illusory choice as I just buy food/goods that are cheapest and don't think about it. Lol, for example the last time I bought clothes was nearly a year ago. I just don't think about that stuff anymore, like shopping for pleasure... it just doesn't register. I shop only out of necessity. Sometimes I do miss that feeling of being able to just buy whatever I want, but when I worked a salary job I ended buying a load of crap I didn't want or need just out of dissatisfaction and stress relief.