you mean the standard of living where we work 10-16 hours a day so that we can buy cheap crap from Wal-Mart that was made in China that wears out or breaks in a year or two? Where we have one of the highest rates of depression and homicide in the civilized world? Where we are ranked #99 in literacy and #37 in "free nations"? Could that, in part, be because are children are being taught that happiness comes from having stuff and success means having more stuff than anyone else? No wonder we have such a high depression and divorce rate! Consumerism is king here; 24% of our planet's resources are being consumed by 4% of the population, and it's taking it's toll
How about refilling a bottle instead of buying bottled water? Some families spend $1,200 a year just for bottled water-the source for much of which is...tap water! Why not insist on durable clothing, shoes, and other items that are made in THIS COUNTRY. That aren't toxic and will last for decades? Why not have less packaging on products-we're losing forests and using loads of oil just to produce pointless crap that ends up in landfills (only 3% of all plastic produced is recycled). How about taking a cloth bag to the supermarket instead of carrying home a half dozen disposable bags? Did you know that those plastic bags are the #1 threat to all marine life?
Have you ever been to England, Canada, France, and Switzerland? Those countries and many others are TEEMING with immigrants. We are not the world's #1 choice anymore because the rest of the planet isn't watching fox news.
If you really have to ask "and the point is"? it's about time you saw this:
http://www.climatecrisis.net/and this:
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/affl.html
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