Binging Hell of Presidents, Matt (the largest of the chapos, who should be able to eat the smaller ones) said something that resonated with me- the idea that our connection with class is so disassociated and immaterial that the only way we can express ourselves is through consumption.
I realised he was 100% right, but sadly realised I couldn't figure out alternatives. Is there any answer apart from getting off our damn iphone? (it's community connection right? But we still have to consume food and culture to do so...- or am I taking it too literally?)
Something I just realized I find really frustrating about the world is that any kind of constructive collective undertaking is under the domain of capital, and any kind of artistic endeavour, as a hobby, tends to be individualized to a painful extreme. People don't get together and just make shit for fun any more, except maybe music. So much of our collective time is just consumption.