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Old 10-18-2011, 08:07 PM  
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there is also another root of dissatisfaction that will not show up in any economic analysis, and that is a life and culture dedicated to the endless pursuit of increasingly expensive consumer junk is a shallow and pointless life to lead. a new dishwasher isn't satisfying. neither is a cheaper cell phone plan. though people have trouble articulating it, i think that dissatisfaction is there.
Jimmy Carter did a pretty good job of articulating it in 1979, and he was voted out of office for it because people don't want to hear the truth.

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