Comments on: America’s Retail Apocalypse Is Spiraling Out Of Control In 2018 /americas-retail-apocalypse-is-spiraling-out-of-control-in-2018/ A 60-mile slice of life in New Jersey called NJ Route 22. Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:55:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: simplicity /americas-retail-apocalypse-is-spiraling-out-of-control-in-2018/#comment-22 Wed, 30 May 2018 05:18:43 +0000 /?p=3040#comment-22 Good post. I appreciate the acknowledgement of products most of us can do without. It took me a long time to understand that I was a victim of marketing myself. Emotionally connected to superficial products.

And one day I just woke up and realized how ridiculous the consumer market was. Look around to see what they are promoting. I looked at my bank account, and the nice merchandise I had, and asked is it worth it? What for?

Most of the consumer market is based on psychological influences. Rarely on practical needs.

We’ve truly scaled back most of our unnecessary purchases. It feels great to say no.

The power of conservation.

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