Posted by Dinah on May 7, 2006, at 3:33:17
In reply to history bobby, posted by henrietta on May 5, 2006, at 19:30:57
> Or is materialism about being able to see a theapist 2 times a week and finding a private school that precisely suits the needs of your child?
Yes, if I recall my point correctly, and I'm not sure I do, it occurred to me to wonder if that was a good definition of a better life. Or a worse one, for that matter. Or if it was even culturally insensitive of me to judge any one way of life as being better than another.
As long, of course, as basic necessities are being met.
My grandpa used to pick expired products out of supermarket trash bins, because that was the only way to get "luxuries" like store bought pickles or store bought bread. There wasn't much in his fridge that didn't have a big black X on it. But he and my grandma appeared to be happy people, at peace with themselves. By material standards, perhaps not overly successful, by other measures enormously so.
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