Norway fucked up on eggs this year. They feared overproduction, so they made a subsidy for egg producers not producing.... resulting in an egg shortage this Easter.
I don't shame people for buying unnecessary things. But, I will think you are a little stupid if you are nearly starving but have a brand new car. You aren't responsible for the system you live in, but you can at least try to make it a little better for yourself.
I'm not talking about people that just spend some money for something they like, quality of life is important. I mean people that will literally cripple themselves financially just for a status symbol. Especially if you have people that rely on you.
And before all the people start chiming in with incorrect posts about how vegetables are more expensive, they are not. The cheapest and best forms of protein are from vegetables. You can save a lot of money and your health by eating more vegetables.
Yup - God forbid poor folks have nice things rather than funneling every penny they earn to the rich to satisfy their ever-increasing hunger for money.
The average person earns £1,000,000 in their lifetime, and I struggle to see the justification in anyone, and I mean anyone being worth 100s, 1000s, or even over 100,000 human lifetimes.
It's sickening to see hard-working people having to fight month after month to survive on meager earnings while some dickheads are out there buying megayachts that cost a human lifetime per year just to maintain.
i'm all for not shaming people and everything, but we also do need to be conscious about what we're buying and consuming.
You probably don't need a macbook, and if you do need a laptop, there are almost certainly better options that are cheaper, and more repairable. Please don't buy a macbook, they aren't good products. (though now with M series macs they actually do work, kind of)
consumerism is not good, we shouldn't be encouraging it. We should be encouraging conscious spending.