Then I went home for Christmas and observed my brother who was about the same age as the kids on the Navajo reservation. He and his friends lived in suburban California with bedrooms that looked like toy stores. I'm so bored. The growing voluntary simplicity movement and the response of children to Affluenza. Although Affluenza was written with adult audiences in mind, many schools, including a 6 th grade class that wrote essays, have been very interested in the message.
Children really do respond.
An economic system so completely tied to growth and the huge stake corporations have in selling us more and more. I would lower the work week by law to 30 hours, with powerful incentives against paid work beyond that limit. Although that may seem counterintuitive, it makes sense when you think about it. People watch TV when they're really tired. The easiest thing to do when they come home from work is to turn on the TV and get bombarded.