Ep. 103: How Western Culture Keeps Us Poor And Destroys Our Family, Community, and Relationships

27 Sep 2023 Ep. 103: How Western Culture Keeps Us Poor And Destroys Our Family, Community, and Relationships

Posted at 05:59h in Podcast by Jay Feldman 0 Comments

How lower wages and higher costs have dramatically reduced our quality of life
How we’ve ended up working more and resting less with worse outcomes
Whether advancements in technology have improved the quality of life of the average person
How marketing and consumerism keep us on the hamster wheel
The hidden costs of convenience culture
Concerns surrounding the collusion between government and corporations
How divide and conquer tactics convince us to blame each other rather than the powers that oppress us

1:34 – how western culture degrades safety and security through financial means

7:33 – how lower wages with higher costs reduces safety and forces people to prioritize work over quality of life

15:14 – we currently work more with less leisure time than ever before, with worse outcomes

20:24 – the cost of consumer culture and marketing as an engine that drives consumerism

30:53 – the cost of convenience culture: freedom, privacy, morals, ethics, and health

36:14 – the problems with profit-driven motives and the collusion between government and corporations

45:36 – how western society has become fragile and unstable

51:13 - how western culture degrades relationships and feelings of love and belonging

52:41 – continued how western culture degrades relationships and feelings of love and belonging

53:27 – divide and conquer tactics within western culture and encouraging the “us vs. them” mentality

People worked considerably less and had considerably more leisure time in the past (1, 2)