The May 2021 American Perspectives Survey finds that Americans report having fewer close friendships than they once did, talking to their friends less often, and relying less on their friends for personal support.
I used to hate this growing up. We didn’t have much money and most of the time I couldn’t afford the bus to the nearby town, never mind food/drink/cinema ticket/etc. Now I’m glad that was my childhood; it’s part of what makes materialism feel such a natural way of seeing the world.
And as an adult I’m quite good with not wasting money because I couldn’t care about spending money on pointless commodities as a child. Like, idgaf about branded clothing, the latest gadgets, the top smartphone, a flash car. I learned to not care about these things long before I read Marx.
Still, it’s torture watching young people in my life struggle to make friends because they feel like they need to spend money to keep friends, but cannot afford it.
I used to hate this growing up. We didn’t have much money and most of the time I couldn’t afford the bus to the nearby town, never mind food/drink/cinema ticket/etc. Now I’m glad that was my childhood; it’s part of what makes materialism feel such a natural way of seeing the world.
And as an adult I’m quite good with not wasting money because I couldn’t care about spending money on pointless commodities as a child. Like, idgaf about branded clothing, the latest gadgets, the top smartphone, a flash car. I learned to not care about these things long before I read Marx.
Still, it’s torture watching young people in my life struggle to make friends because they feel like they need to spend money to keep friends, but cannot afford it.