As consumers wander

As we took a trip to our local mall I started thinking about how people mill around the mall. So we get there and the milling is in full effect staring at the sales in the windows of all of these different stores. Of course it's Valentine's Day so the mall if full of people wearing red and holding hands with others. There are GIANT signs that say Love and Be My Valentine and of course I smile because some guy named Valentine was executed on this day and thus we now have Valentine's Day. Where was I going with this... Oh yeah so as I watch all these people buying shit they don't need spending money they don't have I wonder how this society has become so powerless and sheepish. How did we get to the point where buying stuff makes us happier than learning something new or holding a conversation about something deeper than the case you have around your iPhone? So as you wander around your local money wasting establishment in search of that ever needed product X that's going to change your life for 48 hrs before you put it in your closet and head out to look for the next ever needed product try to ask yourself is this really truly needed? Not like that will happen but I like to dream.

Funny I read something the other day that says common sense is so rare it should be a superpower. Think about that.