Affluenza is a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste from pursuit of more. This "more" is all consumer goods that our society is constantly buying in a futile attempt to make ourselves feel better. But happiness has been at a steady decline since 1957. I don't think i am suffering from Affluenza. I don't constantly have to buy the newest gadget, i still use the first mp3 player i ever bought. unlike the people who feel the need to replace there iPod every time a "new" one is released with a few modifications. I also don't try to load up on hours at work to be able to buy more "stuff". On the site http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/diag/have.html i took the affluenza test and my results were that i have " no dangerous signs of affluenza". I do see people around me that do show signs of affluenza. Some of my friends always seem to have a new shiny gadget. But I do wonder how our economy would be affected without affluenza.
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