• The 20/20 Plan
  • About
    • Contact
  • Manifesto
    • Declaration of Interdependence
    • Constitution For Humanity
    • Human Rights
    • Civil Rights
    • Law of Nature
    • A New Model of Government
    • Decentralized Open Source Technology
    • Revolution
  • 20 Areas of Infrastructure
    • Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fishing, Food, and Forestry
      • Agriculture
        • Agricultural Revolution
      • Agriculture Problems
        • Billionaires Getting Farm Subsidies
        • Biosludge
        • Codex Alimentarius
        • Conventional Farming
        • Corporate Consolidation of Farms
        • Disease for Profit Food System
        • Farmageddon
        • Family Farms in Peril
        • Farm Subsidies
        • Farmer Suicide
        • Glyphosate
        • Land Usage is Unsustainable
        • Monsanto
        • “Organic” is Not Always Organic
        • Paid Not to Farm
        • Repair Bans
        • Seed Monopolies
        • Seed Vault
        • Seeds of Suicide
      • Agriculture Solutions
        • Aquaponics
        • Biochar
        • Cover Crops
        • Dryland Restoration
        • Dryland Water Harvesting
        • Green the Desert
        • Greenhouses
        • Holistic Land Management
        • Hügelkultur
        • Mushroom Farming
        • Permaculture
        • Pest Control
        • Ponds
        • Potash
        • Soil Microbes
        • Trellises
        • Walipinis
        • Water Harvesting
        • Watershed Restoration
      • Animal Husbandry Problems
        • Factory Farming
        • Zoonotic Disease
      • Animal Husbandry Solutions
        • Beavers
        • Goats
        • Sustainable Animal Husbandry
      • Crop Problems
        • Bananas
        • Cocoa – Chocolate and Child Slavery
        • Corn
        • Sugar
      • Crop Solutions
        • Coconuts
        • Hemp
      • Food Problems
        • Bottled Water – Microplastics
        • Bottled Water – Nestle
        • Food Banks Running Out of Food
        • Food Banks with Mile Long Lines
        • Food Inc.
        • Food Insecurity
        • Food Monopolies
        • Food Stamps
        • Food Subsidies
        • Food Waste
        • Toxic Baby Food
      • Food Solutions
    • Arts, Culture, and Recreation
      • Art Problems
        • Amusement Taxes
        • ASCAP
        • BMI
        • DIY Venues Shutdown
        • Licensing Fees
        • MCA Inc.
        • Radius Clause
        • Selling Art / Peddlers Licenses
      • Cultural Problems
        • Cultural Engineering – Tavistock Institute
    • Buildings, Housing, and Real Estate
      • Building Solutions
        • Open Source Building
      • Community Solutions
        • Eco Villages
        • Free State
        • Freedom Cells
        • Intentional Communities
        • Liberty Zones
        • Open Source Communities
        • Ubuntu
      • Housing Problems
        • Homelessness
      • Housing Types
        • Bamboo Houses
        • Castles
        • Cob Houses
        • Dome Homes
        • Earth Bag Houses
        • Earthships
        • Floating Homes
        • Geodesic Domes
        • Hobbit Houses
        • Jungle Villas
        • Off Grid Living
        • Pyramid House
        • Underground Homes
    • Business and Commerce
      • Business Problems
        • Better Business Bureau Racket
        • Corporatocracy
        • Monopoly
        • Yelp Racket
      • Commerce Problems
        • Consumerism / Materialism
        • Empty Shelves
        • Limit of Items
        • “Panic Buying”
        • Price of Goods Skyrocketing
        • Shortages
        • “Shrinkflation”
        • Supply Chain Collapse
    • Civil Engineering
    • Communication
    • Construction
    • Education
      • Education Problems
        • College Textbooks
        • Compulsory Education
        • Data Mining Students
        • Drag Queen Story Hour
        • Dumbing Down
        • Failing to Educate
        • Illiteracy
        • Indoctrination and Obedience
        • Parents are “Domestic Terrorists”
        • Police State Schools
        • Pornographic Books for Kids
        • Restraint and Seclusion in Schools
        • School Boards Insult Parents
        • Spying on Students
        • Standardized Tests
        • Truancy
      • Education Solutions
    • Emergency Management and Public Safety
      • Emergency Management Problems
        • 911
      • Emergency Management Solutions
        • Alerts and Warning Systems
    • Employment
      • Unemployment
    • Energy
      • Energy Solutions
        • Hydro Power
        • Wood Gasification
    • Environment
      • Earth
      • Toxic Environmental Problems
        • Biosludge
        • Mask Pollution
        • Teflon
      • Environment Solutions
        • Green the Desert
        • Watershed Restoration
    • Health
      • Covid Problems
        • Masks
      • Cosmetic Problems
        • Baby Powder
        • Baby Shampoo
        • Baby Wipes
        • Bath Products
        • Cosmetics
        • Dental Floss
        • Deodorant
        • Diapers
        • Disinfecting Wipes
        • Fragrance
        • Hair Dye
        • Hair Straightener
        • Hand Sanitizer
        • Lip Stick
        • Makeup
        • Mouthwash
        • Nail Polish
        • Shampoo
        • Shaving Cream
        • Sunscreen
        • Tampons
        • Tattoos
        • Toilet Paper
        • Toothpaste
      • Drug Problems
        • Antidepressants
        • Antipsychotics
        • Big Pharma
        • Drug Addicted Babies – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
        • Drug Induced Depression
        • Drug Rehab
        • Drugging Babies
        • Drugging Children
        • Drugging the Elderly
        • Drugging Foster Children
        • Prescription Drugs
        • Psychotropic Drugs
        • “Side Effects”
      • Health Problems
        • Early Onset Puberty
        • Infant Mortality
        • Infertility
        • Life Expectancy
        • Maternal Mortality
        • Obesity
        • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
        • Suicide
          • Child Suicide
          • Covid Suicide
          • Farmer Suicide
          • First Responder Suicide
          • Military Suicide
          • White Suicide
      • Health Solutions
      • Healthcare Problems
        • Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
        • Antibiotics
        • Bio Labs
        • Bribing Doctors
        • CDC – Center for Disease Control
        • Chemotherapy
        • Death by Medicine
        • Dr. Death – Ezekiel Emanuel
        • Fertility Fraud
        • Fluoride
        • Hospital Acquired Infections
        • Hospital Food
        • Hospital Food – Malnutrition
        • Hospital Induced Delirium
        • Hospital Induced Delirium – “Covid”
        • Human Experiments
        • Leading Cause of Death
        • Mammograms
        • Medical Error
        • Medical Error – Unreported and Underreported
        • Medical Industrial Complex
        • Medical Martial Law
        • Medication Errors – Pharmacy / Prescription Dispensing
        • Misdiagnosis
        • Organ Donation Centers
        • Nursing Homes – Rape and Sexual Abuse
        • Patient Dumping
        • Physician Impairment – Doctors
        • Physician Impairment – Nurses
        • Psychiatry
        • Vaccines
        • Violating the Hippocratic Oath
        • War On Health
        • WHO – World Health Organization
      • Healthcare Solutions
      • Medical Device Problems
        • Breast Implants
        • Morcellators
        • Vaginal Mesh
      • Surgery Problems
        • Gender Reassignment Surgery
        • Hysterectomy
        • Mastectomy
      • Toxic Problems
        • Atrazine
        • Benzene
        • BPA – Bisphenol A
        • PFAs: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
        • Phthalates
    • Law Enforcement, Military, and Security
      • Covid Police State
        • Covid Police State – Business
        • Covid Police State – Church
        • Covid Police State – Curfews
        • Covid Police State – Drones
        • Covid Police State – Fines
        • Covid Police State – Hypocrisy
        • Covid Police State – Masks
        • Covid Police State – Nursing Homes
        • Covid Police State – Public Parks
        • Covid Police State – Quarantine
        • Covid Police State – Social Distancing
        • Covid Police State – Social Gatherings
        • Covid Police State – Stay at Home Orders
        • Police State Covid-19
      • Covid Police State Solutions
        • Covid Police State – Global Resistance
        • Covid Police State – Police Resistance
        • Covid Police State – U.S. Resistance
      • Crime
        • Crime Problems
          • Carjacking
          • CIA Drug Trafficking
          • Homicide
          • Shootings
          • Shoplifting
      • Criminal Justice
        • Criminal Justice Problems
          • Bail Bond Industry
          • Cash Bail
          • Criminalization of Homelessness
          • Death Penalty
          • Drug Tests
          • Excessive Fines and Fees
          • Jailing the Homeless
          • Jailing the Mentally Ill
          • Life Sentences
          • Life Sentences for Nonviolent Crimes
          • Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
          • Plea Bargaining
          • Private Probation Companies
          • Three Strikes Laws
          • Wrongful Convictions
      • Intelligence
      • Military
      • Police
        • Police Problems
          • Arrests
          • Cavity Searches
          • Civil Asset Forfeiture
          • “Juking the Stats”
          • Clearance Rates
          • Cost of Police Misconduct
          • Drug Dogs
          • Forensic Error
          • Militarization of Police
          • No Knock Raids
          • Not Responding to Calls
          • Overcriminalization
          • Quotas
          • Rape Test Kits
          • Response Times
        • Police Solutions
          • Constitutional Sheriffs
          • County Guard
          • National Action Task Force
          • Oathkeepers
          • The Thick Red Line
          • Threat Management Center
      • Prison
        • Prison Problems
      • Security
    • Manufacturing
      • Industrialists
        • George Westinghouse
        • Henry Ford
      • The Industrial Revolution
      • Machines
        • Water Mills
        • Wind Mills
    • Resources
    • Sanitation and Waste Management
      • Sanitation Solutions
        • Plasma Gasification
    • Social Services
      • Child Protective Services
      • Foster Care
    • Transportation
      • Public Transportation Problems
        • City Vehicle Stickers
        • Impound
        • License Plate Stickers
        • Parking Meters
        • Red Light Cameras
        • Speed Cameras
        • Tickets
        • Towing
        • Winter Parking Ban
      • Shipping Problems
        • Global Shipping Crisis
        • Shipping Container Shortage
        • Shipping – Container Ships Stuck at Sea
        • Shipping Prices Skyrocketing
      • Transportation Problems
        • Who Killed the Electric Car?
      • Transportation Solutions
        • End Red Light Cameras
    • Utilities
  • 20 Areas of Operation
    • Accounting and Auditing
      • Accounting Problems
        • TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS MISSING!!!
        • Wasteful Spending
    • Architecture and Engineering
      • Architects
        • Vitruvius
      • Architecture
        • Chinese Architecture
    • Community Relations
    • Computers and IT
      • Computer Solutions
        • Broadcasting
        • Communication
        • De-Google
        • Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
        • Holochain
        • Interplanetary File System
        • Mesh Networks
        • Mesh Radio
        • Open Index Protocol
    • Data, Statistics, and Analytics
    • Economics
      • Economic Problems
        • Inequality
        • Inflation
        • Lavish Spending of the Super Rich
        • “Shrinkflation”
        • The .01%
        • The Super Rich
        • Third World Country
    • Ethics and Philosophy
    • Finance
      • Bank Problems
        • “Bail In”
        • Bailouts
        • HSBC
        • The Federal Reserve
        • Wachovia
      • Debt Problems
        • Interest Payments on National Debt to Top $1 Trillion a Year
        • U.S. National Debt
      • Financial Problems
        • Bond Market
        • Derivatives
        • Government Bonds
      • Money Problems
        • Money as Debt
      • Tax Problems
        • IRS
        • IRS – Deadly Force
        • IRS – Stockpiling Weapons and Ammo
        • IRS – Monitoring Bank Accounts
        • IRS – Monitoring Transactions Over $600
        • IRS – Seizing Bank Accounts of Innocent People
    • Human Resources
    • Information
      • OCLC Monopoloy
      • Universal Classification System
    • Innovation and Technology
      • Innovation and Technology Problems
        • Patent Trolls
      • Innovation
        • Gizmo
      • Inventors
        • Nikola Tesla
    • Inspection and Investigation
    • Law
      • Court Problems
        • Divorce Court
        • Family Court
      • Law Problems
        • Illegal Everything
        • Violation of Civil Rights
      • Law Solutions
        • Grand Jury
        • Jury Nullification
      • Violation of Rights
        • Animal Shelters
        • “Bunkers”
        • Baked Goods
        • Barbering
        • Biking Wihout a Light
        • Biking Without a Bell
        • Buggies
        • Building a Pond
        • Burning Man
        • Car Washing
        • Cats
        • Chickens
        • Children Playing in Park
        • Classic Cars
        • Collecting Rainwater
        • Cupcakes
        • Dancing
        • Dog Walking Without a Leash
        • Doodling
        • Drying Clothes
        • Eco Village
        • Falconry
        • Farm Stands
        • Food Co-Op
        • Free Range Parenting
        • Gardens
        • Girlscout Cookies
        • Grazing Cattle – Bundy Ranch
        • Grazing Cattle – Bunkerville Protest
        • Grazing Cattle – Hammonds
        • Grazing Cattle – LaVoy Finicum
        • Grazing Horses – Dann Sisters
        • Guitars
        • Hair Braiding
        • Hair Shampooing
        • Homemade Food
        • Hot Chocolate
        • Hot Dogs
        • Idling Cars
        • Jaywalking
        • License Plate is Dirty
        • Lemonade
        • Lobsters
        • Manicure
        • Mistletow
        • Mowing Lawn
        • Not Mowing Lawn
        • Off Grid Living
        • Off Grid Living – “Desert Rats”
        • Off Grid Living – Phonehenge
        • Off Grid Parenting
        • Organic Farms
        • Packing a Lunch for School
        • Picking Flowers
        • Picking Up Garbage
        • Pigs
        • Plowing Land
        • Property Rights
        • Raw Milk
        • Repairing Cars in Home Garage
        • RV Living on Own Land
        • RV Parked in a Lot
        • Selling Art / Peddlers Licenses
        • Selling Bottled Water
        • Selling Flowers
        • Selling Food
        • Selling Vegetables
        • Siding on House Unfinished
        • Sitting on Sidewalk
        • Sleeping in Cars
        • Snow Shoveling
        • Tax Protest – Gordon Kahl
        • Tax Protest – Ed and Elaine Brown
        • Unpaid Tax
        • Unpaid Tax – John Joe Gray
        • Wind Turbine
        • Zoning – Marvin Heemeyer
    • Management and Governance
      • Election Problems
        • Black Box Voting
        • Buying “Democarcy”
        • Campaign Financing
        • Commission on Presidential Debates
        • Dark Money
        • Election Spending
        • Excluding Independent Candidates
        • Hacking Democracy
        • Voting Machines are Hacked
        • Voting Machines are Rigged
      • Election Solutions
      • Government Problems
        • The American Dream
        • Deep State
        • Digital ID and Passport
        • New World Order
        • Obedience to Authority
        • Statism
        • The Secret Government
      • Government Solutions
        • Civil Disobedience
        • Declaration of Independence
      • Management Problems
        • Duplicative, Fragmented, and Overlapping Government Agencies
        • The Federal Government Doesn’t Even Know How Many Agencies Exist
      • Management Solutions
      • Political Problems
        • Approval Rating is Dismally Low
        • Lobbying
        • Nepotism
        • Oligarchy
        • The Power Elite
      • Political Solutions
    • Maintenance and Repairs
    • Media and Social Media
      • Media Problems
        • Astroturfing
        • Brand Identity
        • Council on Foreign Relations Control of Media
        • Fraudulent Interview Editing
        • Killing News Stories
        • Manufacturing Consent
        • Media Monopolies
        • Military Media Industrial Complex
        • Mind Control
        • Network (Classic Film)
        • Operation Mockingbird
        • Propaganda
        • Scripted News
        • Spin
        • Staged News
      • Media Solutions
        • Alternative Video Platforms
      • Social Media Problems
      • Social Media Solutions
    • Policy, Rules, and Regulations
    • Records, Archives, and History
      • Archaeology
      • Chicago World’s Fair 1893
    • Procurement and Contracting
    • Science
      • Science
        • Chemistry
        • Cymatics
        • Electricity
        • Electromagnetism
        • Eletromagnetic Induction
        • Gyroscopes
        • Light
        • Matter
        • Magnetism
        • Physics
        • Scientific Revolution
      • Science Problems
        • Academic Research Paywall
        • Replication Crisis
        • Scientific Research – Fraud and Misconduct
      • Science Solutions
        • Free Academic Papers
        • Open Science
      • Scientists
        • Nikola Tesla
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Consumerism / Materialism

Business and Commerce, Commerce Problems

The High Price of Materialism