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Is the Recession a good thing?

by wude72 on February 24, 2009

Think about this.  People are losing everything they have worked for and I ask if it is a good thing.

Well, maybe how we got what we have was the wrong way to get it.  Maybe we have to much, is a 3000 sqft house really what we need or a car that holds nine people?  Shouldn’t we just have what we need?

People are losing all this money in the stock market (they think). If you don’t sell, you don’t lose real money, it is just a paper loss.  They keep eating and living just fine, but worry about how much money is gone.  In time that money will probably come back.  In the mean time we will just keep on living.

The loss of ones house, how bad is that, one day another house will come along, then they will live in that one.  I don’t think that it’s that important, the memories live in our mind, not between four walls. There will be new neighbors to make friends with and many more block party’s to attend, just in a different place.

Cars are just something to get us places we can’t walk.  In the olden days people walked everywhere they needed to go, so should we just change where we need to go or ride the bus?  It can’t be that bad.  I think we will get used to whatever we need to, to get by.

If all of us look at this from a different view, like how much money we will save or how much easier life will be with out all of these material goods, maybe it is a good thing.

What do you think?

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  • It might be a good thing for overconsumers but it is devasting to the most impoverished in this nation.

    I think it is admirable to look at the recession in terms of the kind of "deep thinking" you promote on this blog, but I think one has to operate from a privileged space in order to think of it as a smart way of downsizing. For some, day to day life is an experience of being downsized because so many others take a larger than neccessary slice of the pie.

    And isn't that what got us into this mess in the first place? I am all for financial solubility, but how much money does one really need to be comfortable? And once we are financially comfortable shouldn't that comfort encourage us to be more efficient with it? And perhaps help others to learn how to generate that comfort? Especially since SO MANY in this world (not just the US) live in substandard conditions?

    Just a thought.

    bLaKtivist
    Krys
  • you have opened my eyes, thanks for bringing that to my attention.
  • nice way to look at things. but then not everyone can afford to think on such a higher plane. that's life !!
  • life is funny sometimes
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