A short question about Stuff

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By Stuff, I mean literally, Stuff, “things”, TVs, books, coffee cups, blenders, sofas, golf clubs etc. etc. Stuff with a capital S.

What do the readers think about Stuff, how do you feel about it etc?

I know Stuff has gotten a bit politicized lately, and also trendy, and trendy in the negative, with hipster minimalism, etc.. But my question is more specific, how do you really feel about stuff these days?

For my part, I feel like I’ve got too much of it, but then I don’t know what I’d get rid of.

I ask the question because I’m starting to feel like both sides of the political debate on Stuff have it bang on. But then how can that be? We seem to live in some sort of zombifying consumerist culture–we work, we get marketed things, we buy them, and are exhausted working to pay for it. But we live in a world where more people have their basic needs meet than at anytime in the history of humanity. We in the west, even the poorest amongst us, live a lifestyle that kings of old would be impressed by. I mean we truly have it pretty damn good.

Does having what we need, by necessity, mean we have far more than we need? Or can we find our way back to the things that are actually important in life. Friends, Family, and time Not spent on a smart phone? Can we have our cake and eat it too?