Fucking consumerism. Rant inside.

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I'm gonna sound like a pussy here, and I am ready for the meatspin spam in this thread, but here it goes. This one is going to be a long one.

I am 20 y.o., in August I'll turn 21. I live in Northern Europe, and I am about to blow my fkin head off.

An interesting phase has come into my life - I am about to go full time with affiliate marketing, at the moment I work part time in a soul burning 9-5 office job, and in one month I'm gonna go full time with my IM biz. And this has made me to start thinking.

The problem is that I don't know if I even want to go full time. I hate consumerism, sheep people and all others.

Everywhere I go people are always talking about new shit gadgets, new TV shows, the newest and hottest popsong shitlist on the radio, and all my life I have been somehow out of this "cool and trendy people" club.

I fcuking hate my douche co-workers, all day at the office they are fighting - Apple vs PC; HTC vs Iphone; Audi vs BMW, which basketabll team is going to win, who will win the World Hockey Championship, how with the new Sony TV you can access facebook and do video calls with Skype, all this useless shit that has filled their heads thanks to all the marketing, advertising on TV, radio, etc.

It makes me sick to go to a mall, all these pseudo happy people with bags full of new trendy shit that adverts tell them to buy, omfg.

I am a party animal, but I can't go inside "normal" night clubs, my heart skips a beat when I see all those douchebags with golden D&G belt buckles, Ed hardy caps, tanned skins, popped collars, golden watches, golden chains just to satisfy their fcuking egos. I haven't been in a night club since I was 17.

The most funny this is that at the moment I make about two times more than the average person, and the last time I bought a pair of jeans was 6 months ago in a thrift shop. I drive red 1985 VW Golf MK2, and no I don't walk around with smelly and dirty clothes.

I dropped out of High School because I could never accept what the teachers were trying to push into my head: "Get education, get a job, start a family, then FCKIN DIE".

I moved out of my parent's house when I was 16. The main reason why I started affiliate marketing was so I could become as free as possible from the 9-5, from douche bags, and live my own life.

I want to travel the world, maybe go nomad for few years, meet people, see new places, visit all 7 continents, go dog sledging in Greenland, do a boattrip on Amazon, see lions in the wild, buy a winery in France, all these things I want to do before I have wife and kids.

I want to make it with affiliate marketing not because of the money, but because I want to be free, be free to experience the world, I don't need any BMW M3, I don't need 42" TV, I don't even have a TV, I don't need a 3 story house with gyms inside, I don't need $12,000 golden watch, designer clothing, etc.
I am a complete fanatic of "Do It Yourself" and "Self education" philosophies.

And here comes the major cockblock, I am really happy that I have made so far in my life that I can quit my fuckin job and be my own boss, but at what cost?

And here comes the hypocrisy:

I hate all these adverts, consumerism, sheep people, and all other shit that I just talked about, and in this thread I have mentioned only a small portion. But the most funny thing is that I am making money with the shit I hate. I am the one pusshing bizopps, I am the one trying to figure out which text combo will trigger a person to buy, I am the one designing ad banners with happy people in them trying to pursue the target dem. I am the one that is supporting this fucked up system, I hate this, I have hated this buying shit all my life, yet I make money doing this. Fcuking annoying I tell ya.

And now I don't even know if I want to go full time. I don't even know if I want to do affiliate marketing at all, yet I understand that almost no other business will give me as much freedom as affiliate marketing.

I understand that many people in this forum are the sheep people that I just talked about, and I am gonna be pissed all over. But, has anyone ever been in the same position as I am? Is anyone here with the same beliefs as I am and has somehow got over them? At the moment I fell like I am betraying myself, or to call it "selling out". I hate "sellouts'".

My thoughts in a nutshell:

"The new world order reeks of dying empire odor
and changing the channel wont make that go away.
As the veneer of democracy fades away, as the worlds
down-size until it explodes, as the shanty-towns piled
behind the malls become visible, as the savages on the
other side of the wall break through, as everybody from
gun-crazy militias to anti-immigrant nazis to fundamentalist
child-raping christians to gangsta rappers to community
activists to working families just struggling to put food
on the table, all mad at the same thing: your SUV; me, me, me;
"mission accomplished"; bring em on;
buy more stuff, buy more stuff,
fight terror, defend freedom so you can buy more stuff.
The false illusion of the world is going down, motherfucker.
Walk off your job. Crime is beautiful.
A prank a day keeps the dog-leash away.
Quit your jobs. Burn down the malls. AAARRRGGHHHH"


- From a song "Baby Punchers" by Leftover Crack.
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Great post man. I'm with you 100%. You're one of the few people that has it figured out and are pissed about it.

I would first say that while it does suck selling shitty BS products to sheep that is part of the Matrix. You have to somewhat enter the Matrix before you can get out. A lot of the time, unfortunate as it is, you need to be a part of the system while you work on breaking free from the system. That is the way I see it anyway. You don't always have to participate, but it's not a crime to participate. This world is so full of perversion is it hard to do anything without coming out a little bit dirty yourself.

That said, you sound smart enough and pissed enough to where eventually you will do something about how shitty this world of sheep is and come up with something that moves humanity forward. I'm serious. Based off what I've read it sounds like you're a quality person that is here to help people. You're a shepherd in a world filled with sheep. It is much better to be in your position than theirs.

You're in a position that most people will never reach. The things you are noticing are the same types of things the people who have changed the world in the past noticed. Keep moving forward and I'm sure it will work out in the end.
 
i feel you on consumerism shit. for real -- i'm 22 and a lot of what you said resonated with me.

there's a pretty clear solution -- sell shit that isn't fucking garbage. you're damn right you're contributing to the problem by selling bizopps. there's plenty of ways to make money online without pimping google cash bullshit.

i'm a firm believer that you can make a lot of money and feel good about it. so find something that you can make money from that you truly enjoy. affiliate marketing is not the be all and end all of making money.

i feel like this is a thread lukep would post in
 
Although I agree on some points about blind consumerism, I disagree on most. People will always buy shit they don't need - simply because most people don't know how to manage their money, are not disciplined enough, and/or just need to buy something to feel better about themselves.
It's always happened, it's just more prominent now.

I, for one, would rather have a 2012 BMW rather than a 2012 Kia.

Why? Because it's fucking better, and better is more appealing. It's human nature to want the better.
 
Most people suck and are going to suck no matter what you do.

Let those people continue to live their shallow lives and spend your time with people who don't suck.
 
cardine said:
Most people suck and are going to suck no matter what you do.

Let those people continue to live their shallow lives and spend your time with people who don't suck.
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Pretty much this. Seems most people need a "god", it's just now made of silicon and plastic.
 
So I guess it's time to decide if you really are any different from the "sheep" or if you've just been full of self-righteous shit the whole time?
 
Pretty much.

It's just that I am running around my apartment and banging my head against every object. It is really important for me, and I am afraid that I am about to betray myself and I won't get over that.

All I am asking is your point of view, and if anyone has been/is in the same boat as I am.

For giggles n' shit:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac]YouTube - ‪George Carlin Talks About "Stuff"‬‏[/ame]
 
make your monies in positive niches. No matter how much you don't like blind consumerism there are things you no doubt support in the capitalist model. Market the shit out of those and feel good about providing people with shit you believe in.

It's often more work but you sleep well at night and you can actually put a little bit of yourself into the work you do. You sound like you have the skills to pay the bills so switch your game up and hustle in ways that actually mean something to you beyond the dollar signs.
 
If anything, I'd say that's all the better reason to go full stream into affiliate marketing. This way you can be hanging out with the locals on the beach on some island in the South Pacific, drinking milk from a coconut, while everyone in your home country worries about what type of cell phone their friends have.

"OMG! His cellphone is better than mine, what do I do!?! I better go get a new cellphone now." :)
 
This thread totally made me think of this video from the last Black Friday.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRiILStjZWE]YouTube - ‪Black Friday Target Stampede People Trampled Upon 2010 Buffalo New York‬‏[/ame]

Yeah, that is pretty sickening.
 
taktikz said:
Although I agree on some points about blind consumerism, I disagree on most. People will always buy shit they don't need - simply because most people don't know how to manage their money, are not disciplined enough, and/or just need to buy something to feel better about themselves.
It's always happened, it's just more prominent now.

I, for one, would rather have a 2012 BMW rather than a 2012 Kia.

Why? Because it's fucking better, and better is more appealing. It's human nature to want the better.
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