I read about an interesting book called
Affluenza
in The Metro today. It's about the excess of America's consumer society, and is probably applicable to the debt laden UK as well.
My cheapskate mate saw the article as well, and was most bemused, as he's been preaching about the hollowness of consumerism for years. Why spend £500 on a watch when you can get a free one online?
Also, following on from my previous post, how can Peter Hain criticize the overworked folks in the city for receiving their just rewards, when a sizeable proportion of the population are throwing away even more more money on unnecessary baubbles? Surely the local Chavs could be giving £10 a week to the local animal shelter, rather than hanging around outside MacDonalds eating Big Macs and buying Elizabeth Duke jewellery from Argos? Anyway, being an insignificant minority, there's not really much I can do other than bitch about it on this blog.
If you'd like to read an extract from Affluenza, please
Click Here
.