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keene
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I honestly believe that the problem is more related to a change in values than it is to capitalism.
I think many parents are failing miserably at teaching their children what is really important. There can be capitalism without this endless pursuit of consumption.
I like having all of these choices - all these things to buy, if I really want them. But I don't need them. I teach my kids that we don't need them.
Too many people believe that money+more stuff=happiness and fulfillment, and it doesn't. Not at all.
Yes....I agree. It's much tougher to be a parent today.
I some times get down on the whole scene. After Sandy Hook....I felt like maybe I'd lived too long. I taught school briefly, my wife taught...forever.
Keeping our kids and ourselves from being corrupted by our declining culture is a full time job.