I was hoping that the craft movement would serve as the example of where we need to be headed. I am very well aware of the inflated expectations the populace has and the willingness to accept the lowest common denominator if the price is right. If you make garbage though, you will have no pride in the work you do or the products you own.
AS for cars, it is all bowing down to our computer overlords. If you have wind up windows, no radio, and bare minimum, you are not able to be tracked or controlled. You have a modicum of freedom from those who spy upon us and the computers will have to hunt you down physically clay On Jan 27, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > On 27/01/2014 2:04 PM, clay wrote: >> That is part of the issue we face. You deserve to bust your butt to remain >> alive. If you are not willing to put forth the effort, the genetic pool >> should be rid of your toxins. There are enough exemplars of viable DNA in >> the world, we can spare a few million non workers. > People need to learn to live within their means. It used to be that a post > man lived on whatever a post man earned and accepted that a doctor would earn > more and live better. A post man drove a Chevy and the doctor drove a Buick > etc. Now, we have all be convinced by the advertising constantly imposed upon > us that we can all drive Lexus. We all want and expect to have bigger and > better things than our parents had. Cars don't come with window cranks > anymore. They all have power windows etc. My father used to buy basic pickup > trucks - usually a 6 cylinder, standard transmission and no power steering or > radio. Try and buy one like that today. Those trucks served him well. He > never expected to have leather seats and chrome wheels. He couldn't have > cared less. Today, we have all been brainwashed to believe we can have all of > that and more. > > There is no doubt that some folks are more able, talented, intelligent etc. I > think there was a time when we expected those folks to rise to the top and we > were just happy not to be at the bottom. We were proud to be reasonably good > at our jobs, to pay our bills and raise a good family. None of that seems > important to people now. They just want the latest fad thing they saw > advertised. It is nice that we have a great selection of items to spend our > money on but most of it is not truly needed. > > >> The populace is now looking for slow food, locavore, whole foods, gluten >> free, free range, up cycled, hemp cloth, heirloom, craft brew, small scale. >> Even the industrial food producers are on that band wagon. >> >> clay >> > I am not so sure about that statement. I think there are some elitist types > out there who are looking for that sort of thing but the mass of people is > not. If they were, then all of the fast food places would be out of business > in no time. You can hardly give away things that our parents and grand > parents cherished. Most of the younger folks today have little or no interest > in the fine things collected by their grand parents. They have been trained > to think that stuff is disposable. You cannot get much of anything repaired > anymore. Things like televisions and cell phones are just replaced if > something goes bad and often even before that because there is a new model > with more gimics. You cannot sell used stuff llke that either. It has no > value to most people. You can hardly give things away. > > Randy > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
