The Astonishing Rate of Consumerism in America
And its effects on the world, life, animals, plants, the oxygen we breathe
Wikipedia
Transcript of the YouTube Video, Alarming Consumerism in America:
Hello there! So I wanted to research consumerism because as I don’t know if you’ve been reading my articles, listening, or watching my YouTube videos, but I’ve been talking about consumerism and how it’s really divided in terms of the factories in Asia creating tons of pollution, children in Pakistan not being able to go to school, and then people in America just consuming, consuming, consuming, and in Europe and not understanding the effects of the pollution in Asia of their consumer habits.
So, I looked it up. Wikipedia has a list, below is a list of the consumer markets of the world, and you can view the entire list here.
Transcript of the YouTube Video:
Okay, so the United States is “first” (as if that’s a good thing ;))), millions of USD, so 18 million, so HFCE, that’s household final consumption expenditure. So 18 million, according to this data on Wikipedia. The population is 340 million.
Then it dramatically drops in Europe. The European Union, grouped together, equals 9 million in consumption. However, their population is 450 million.
Look at this chart from Wikipedia below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_consumer_markets
Okay, so then I was curious about the population of Japan and Germany. Because, for instance, I thought Japan was like a tiny little island, but actually they have more people than Germany, so I get that So Japan is 125 million in population, and Germany is 83 million in population. They both have consumption rates of around 2 million.
Then we go to China, okay, you’re massive, like you have tons of people, right, yeah, so that makes sense. Then we have India, somewhere down there, somewhere in here, really poor country, right, so they’re two, but they have a massive population compared to the US, 1.4 billion in population. That’s a massive population, but their consumption is 2 million. Aha, okay, and Pakistan is actually only in the hundreds.
So the United States, do you know what the population of the United States is? It’s 340 million, it’s not that many people, so 340 million people are consuming 18 million.
However, we’re talking about the world here, we’re talking about petroleum factories, we’re talking about minerals, animals, plants, oxygen, so this is really, this really proves Satanism, right, destruction of the earth, of life. So many people in the United States are Luciferian, you can look this up on the Kabbalah in the Bible. This is greed, plain and simple, 18 million, wow, yikes.
Then I was curious, okay, European Union, it drops down to 9 million, right, so what is the population of the European Union? Is it similar to the United States or different? It’s 449.2, okay, so that’s more than the United States, so they’re actually doing better in their consumption habits, they’re actually not as greedy, not as Luciferian.
So I asked, so Google AI is really interesting, right, it’s objective, and so it’s kind of fun to ask questions sometimes, so I asked, why is the United States consumption so high compared to the rest of the world?
The United States, this is funny, right, okay, so just be careful, has high consumption compared to the rest of the world due to a combination of factors, including a strong economy, high incomes, and a culture that values consumption, but isn’t that funny, in a world with climate change and pollution and children in Pakistan not being able to go to school, isn’t that not something to value, that’s actually, in the Bible, it would be something that’s lustful and greedy and immoral, so it’s so funny that Google AI just put that down there, like, as a blanket objective statement to what’s going wrong in the world — that we “value” consumption lol.
And then we get to economic factors, you know, it’s bizarre that we value rising GDP, when, okay, what about the ecology, what about the earth, what about plants and animals and the ocean, is it good for the GDP to rise or not? Should we be consuming all the time, or should we be reading the Holy Bible and actually, like, declining our consumption rates and focusing on people in poverty, people who are homeless? We could do a lot better at being more Christian, more Godly, we are a government under God, the Bible, the President puts his hand on the Bible, so it is a Christian country. However, it’s not acting like one; according to these statistics, it’s Luciferic, Satanic.
That’s why we have Trump, that’s why we have insanity right now, it’s a symptom, it’s a signal, it’s just a variable, right. So then it’s so funny, these cultural factors that Google AI puts out (with neutrality),
Consumerism: American culture is deeply ingrained with the desire to consume and acquire more, so this is, again, it’s against Christianity, that’s lustful, it’s also, if you’re into Buddhism, you’re supposed to be able to get rid of your desires, that’s more spiritually awakened, to be able to be in control of your desires, to be centered and balanced and simple, and yeah, this is just so funny, because it’s coming from Google AI.
So in the marketing and advertising industry, “powerful marketing campaigns and advertising influence consumer behavior and rapid demand” (Google AI), so a lot of this is actually called manipulation, manipulation of people, you know, year after year, it’s like the clothing trends change, so you have to buy new clothes, new technologies come out, you have to buy the new technology, like tennis shoe companies come out with new shoes, you have to buy new shoes, like it’s just so funny, when you could go to a second-hand store and just buy really cool clothes that fit you, that you like, and just be simple or diverse. Second-hand stores are actually really cool, they have a lot of diversity versus wanting to fit in to what everybody else is wearing. That leads to consumerism, and to me it’s similar to communism.
The opposite would be, I’m unique, I go to second-hand stores and buy really unique, interesting, fascinating, fun, crazy clothes because I’m comfortable with who I am and I know who I am.
So the marketing campaigns are targeting those who are a little insecure, probably, and are like, oh, I should wear that, so I can be cool, so I can fit in, so I can be loved, but actually the love from yourself comes from yourself, not from others. The others are also insecure, they’re also like, wow, looking at what everybody else is wearing, and you’re just looking at mirrors of insecurity. Spirituality is about loving yourself, finding God, it’s a totally different consciousness, right?
It’s a totally different spiritual reality of following your heart and loving yourself rather than, oh, does he love me because I’m wearing these clothes that everybody else is wearing too?
That’s kind of like communism, it’s like everybody doing the exact same thing to try to fit in because they’re so insecure and so not in love with themselves.
When you have a spiritual awakening, you typically start to realize, wow, that’s kind of sad, right? And it’s also hurting the earth, and so this is a change in your consciousness.
And this is from Google AI.
And then social influence, “social media and other forms of media contribute to a culture of consumption and comparison” (Google AI), so that’s exactly what I was just talking about, right? Comparison. Are my clothes better than your clothes? How funny is that, right?
What about, wow, Who are you? Who are you as a person? Can you tell me your story? Are you okay? Different variables than, “what are you wearing”?
So I hope this is helpful to everybody in understanding spirituality as well and how the United States is really hurting the earth. It’s interesting, you know, countries that maybe are more Islamic, more conservative, I’m not sure if, like, Saudi Arabia’s in the hundreds, okay, what is their population? Population of Saudi Arabia? I have no idea. So, okay, so they’re really tiny, okay, but at least, yeah, they’re only in the hundreds. Egypt is really poor. It’s, uh-huh, Israel, I’m not entirely sure what, let’s see if anybody else sticks out.
So then we go to, we’re going down then to the African countries, so then now we’re in 78 thousand, right, because the poorer. Okay, alright, Jordan, so I used to live in Jordan, 35, uh-huh. So as we keep going lower and lower, uh-huh, okay, so I used to live in Mali as well, uh-huh, 12, okay, so they’re very poor, very, very poor, uh-huh. Haiti, uh-huh, the Congo is there, Gambia, uh-huh, Kerala, uh-huh, Marshall Islands.
Okay, so, um, all right, so as you can see, so this goes from poverty to, to richness, um, but there’s a huge jump, huge differential, right, that we saw here between the United States and the European Union, that’s very interesting, um, uh, again, United States, population 340, the population of the EU is even more, but they have less consumption.
So what is going on, is my question, what is going on in the United States that is driving this, and then I go toGoogle AI’s answer (neutrality), that we’re not following Christianity, we’re not following Buddhism, we’re not following any religious values. We’re following a bizarre culture of trying to fit in, it’s like communism, and so that’s kind of funny, right, we’re like trying to not be communist, but we are, um, so,
I would say, Be Yourself, “bee” natural, be beautiful, Be You. You don’t have to consume so much. If the person “likes” you because of superficial qualities that is not Real Love. Real Love comes from the Heart, and you can feel it. Love yourself. Find somebody who loves you. Then there will be harmony.
We can also reduce consumerism by becoming more artistic and buying locally. You can do handicrafts, you can build, like, for instance, I had, uh, I’m living in Peru, and for the children, I had one of my friends build this for us, so the children could draw little designs and things (you’d have to see the YouTube video or here is a picture below).
My children’s corner in Peru. My male friend who helps me with my garden constructed this wooden pallet that I had envisioned.
So what if people did more things like that, creativity. Made by your neighbor, made by yourself. Made in your community rather than in Asia.
I also believe we need an entirely new school system. Children below the age of 7/8 should be in little houses, taught by women (less pressure than with a man, less insecurity, more ingenuity). Taught with fun, creativity, songs, art, laughter, love, kindness, sharing.
I remember being in a 30-person kindergarten class and we didn’t learn anything. Too many behavioral problems. So we put our heads down for a lot of the day.
Montessori is an excellent example of a different way of being for children that begins with Why Are We Here? It was begun by a woman seeking to help poor children in Europe. Nuvu in Cambridge, Massachusetts is an excellent example of a different atmosphere for older children to build, explore, and have fun.
If anybody else has any insights, any thoughts about any of this, I’m super curious to chat. So there you go, sending love, bye for now.
My Question:
Do we need a new financial system based upon a unified ecological social economy?
Does anybody have ideas for how to make this possible?
If you have other theories and explanations, please feel free to email me at ashleyheacock@gmail.com
By Ashley Heacock, Researcher, Writer, Mentor, Guide
MIT Sloan School of Management, MBA
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MPA
The George Washington University, BA Economics, BA International Affairs
Contact for healing sessions: ashleyheacock@gmai
