According to our reader, "there seems to be an inverse relationship between GDP and the quality of life. The more GDP grows, the more the quality of life deteriorates. This made me think about how much Americans waste food and natural resources. For example, FOX had a show, where people tried to out eat each other. The glutton and wastefulness was appalling, and at the same time, entertaining to some.
There's an epidemic sweeping the country. It's not your typical virus, but rather a /highly contagious disease of epidemic
overconsumption, and the symptoms include compulsive shopping, high debt, overwork, inability to delay gratification, a sense of entitlement, obsession with externals and "having it all," wastefulness, and stress. The disease is called affluenza, which is derived from the word "affluence," meaning: "a : an abundant flow or supply: PROFUSION b : abundance of property : WEALTH."
According to affluenza.org, The average adult spends more time......
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