| reply to n2jtx
Re: Supply and Demand His reply is the solution. Stop buying.
If everyone including 'poor people' (1) stopped buying someone would
come up with a smoother alternative.
Stop your service for 1 year or 1 month. Find
something else to do with your time. Then if you choose go back to it.
Are they seeing themselves as needing to supply some kind of image to others and themself so they pay as much as $100 or $200 / mo when they live on $2000 / mo income.
Add to that the cost of cell phones for children of 9 years old who
could get by with nothing, borrowing in an emergency or simply
living closer to their needs. Cities built in Europe are 1000 years old
and have a central hub. Travel was designed for 2 to 10 mile trips or
to get from one place to another by walking or on a horse.
In California cities were designed with the automobile with a range of
100's of miles. And so ppl travel 120 miles to / from work daily.
The literal 'wear' on the mind threatens sanity and TV is like the drug
that 'makes the day go by'. See what my dad said near the end of life. below.
I don't have the answers but other countries live on much less and are happier
and richer than the USA ( Denmark is one) Their people don't buy cars
they bike and use pub. trans. And they like it.
(1) The first reason cable was bought, when I was a child was usually to
overcome bad reception. Later more channels brought more choices but
in a city like LA, NY there were lots of channels. Now the reason ppl buy
U-verse is partly for the video recording ability. I see populations as
slaves to marketed products. At 12 years old 3 people family was bored
watching TV. I chose to put on headphones and listen to music. In a few
years I was out doing things while my 'family' sat and watched TV and
not speaking. They never changed until 'the end' when my dad said,
"I don't know where my life went" and my mom began to study the bible
for 5 years until her death in her 80's.
I know we create our own 'jail' and slavery. But many others including
companies are very willing to help us.
(1) Some acquaintances, I speak to about their financial condition, nearly
always have cable TV when a TV with an antenna can bring excellent
programming like PBS into their homes at HDTV quality. (1) |
