Our World Runs With Greed (And We’re Too Lazy To Fight It)

How many of us are struggling to get through day-to-day finances these days? We budget to have just enough food on the table and gas in the car to get through each day. Yet, companies are rolling in profits and excessive spending. Greed is ruling our society. But what are we doing to fight it?

We live in a world of planned obsolescence. What this means is that companies purposely cause things to be obsolete or break down so we have to buy new ones. A good example is the scandal from a few years ago when Apple was sued for deliberately slowing down phones to cause people to buy new ones.

But it’s not just Apple. Greed runs through many companies. In some cases, we pay for services we never receive. For example, we may pay an internet provider for a certain speed level and find that we never can achieve that speed. Streaming services may charge per device instead of per household.

Almost everything is increasing in price with varying excuses. In some cases, the increases are slight and hardly noticeable. In other cases, costs increase substantially, and consumers are quick to complain.  But complaining makes no difference.  We need to take action and make a statement.  Take a stand!

However, despite our upset at the greed that we are hit with, how many of us change our habits or consider giving up some of those extras that are overpriced? Are we willing to take the fight to the streets and shut down our Netflix account if the price is too high? Or give up something else that has been priced out of our budget?

The thing with a budget is that we can’t increase the income anytime a cost increases. The income usually remains stable, unless we go out of our way to increase it with an extra job or in-home sales or services of some kind. Yet costs continue to increase. A $2000 income cannot sustain $2500 in outgoing costs and bills.

We have to start holding companies accountable if we are going to survive this financial travesty. But it means researching options for change, and being willing to do without something that we just can’t afford. People like to use Starbucks coffee as an example. Sure, a high-priced coffee every day is something we CAN give up and do without. But if you are only getting one occasionally, that’s an acceptable treat. There are things in our lives we can’t do without (and live a reasonably stable life in society).

Yes, I realize there are many people living off-grid without a lot of things many of us utilize often. Not everyone can live off-grid. But living in society, there are still things we can do to make it more manageable and fight the greed of corporations.

Research the different internet providers in your area. Perhaps there is one that is cheaper that can still fill your needs. Drop the cable TV and satellite and put up a TV antenna. Amazingly in most cases you can receive a large number of channels with subchannels to give you a nice variety.

What are some ways you can cut your costs and fight the companies who are existing because we feed their greed?