I just watched and read through the site The Story Of Stuff and basically it is awesome! It is very very well done. This is not “new” information, but information that has been well put together to provide a whole view of the system that we are in. I for one think this should be compulsory viewing for everyone participating in this system. Well over 6 million people have viewed the site already, so if you haven’t get on it.
There should be something like that for teaching people how to use, or better yet, NOT USE credit. Credit (specifically, credit cards) is such a key part of this whole consumption society (the golden arrow). If people were educated about money and about their roll in this system then people would not behave the way they do. (Yes, I hold out faith that people will do the right thing once armed with the right information.)
I feel we need to return to a responsible, more thrifty society. When I was a kid, I knew that I could not afford to get something and break it or loose it or be irresponsible with it, because quite frankly there was not another one where it came from. Well, first of all we couldn’t afford to replace items since things that we had were so hard to earn, as we were not well off. We had to be thrifty. Perhaps the fact that the economy is going down the shitter is a ‘correction’. It is the uber wound up economy going through a natural metamorphosis to get us all back to it’s lower energy state (can you tell I took college physics and chemistry 
). These days we should be extolling the virtues of conservation and thrift. We should be holding teachers in these venerated positions now occupied almost exclusively by entertainers and athletes. Education is truly the only way we are going to save ourselves. With emphasis on education, accountability and the Golden Rule we may be able to get ourselves out of this mess. We should not be told how to feel and what to do and how to be by corporations through their advertising mind fucks. Along those lines see if you can get your hands on the DVD “The Century Of The Self (1-4)”. It is a great documentary.
Those that know better must do better to demonstrate to others how to walk the path. Teach by example, and never be ‘too smart’ to learn from anyone. Some folks that I talk to, that feel that same way I do, and share this truth with others get discouraged because they don’t see their audience “listening”. Please don’t be. You can’t change people, you can only give them information. Don’t get hung up on changing people, or at least having them change in some way that is demonstrable to you, for you to feel validated that they heard you. If you said it, if you walk your path, you will be heard and seen. If we all do that, hey, before you know it the world gets closer to a true more perfect union.
Anyway, I have to return this soap box now. All the best.
Posted by Max G. Faraday 
