The trend known as underconsumption core is simply an attempt to return to more appropriate levels of spending.

“the irony of this is it's not actually underc consuming it's underc consuming relative to the over consumption so under consumption core is actually just dialing back the consumption to what which is a more appropriate amount”

Excessive consumption is an addiction driven by a belief that one does not have enough.

“every addiction story is a story about not having enough”

The holiday shopping season represents a form of consumerism that causes stress and forces people into a cycle of over-consumption.

“anything that gets in the way of the holidays is holiday clutter and for me that is shopping in general the holiday shopping season is the very thing that ruined the joy of the holidays for me because it felt like an obligation”

Constant pursuit of trends through frequent clothing purchases is an unsustainable cycle that creates waste and hinders personal style.

“I feel like part of the reason why I ended up with such a ridiculous amount of clothing was because I wanted to keep up with the internet you know like it's all about always wearing a new outfit experimenting in hopes of starting new trends following existing Trends posting shopping Halls”

Robin Greenfield asserts that the current United States consumption of resources is extreme and unsustainable.

“here in the United States we have 5% of the world's population but we consume 25% of the world's resources that by definition is Extreme the world can't handle the way that we exist”

Materialism and physicalism are reaching their end as models of reality because they fail to account for the observer and consciousness.

“so there's an interesting moment right now i think in the zeitgeist in the culture uh something like the end of materialism or the end of physicalism”

Materialism is an inadequate explanatory framework because it fails to account for the qualitative nature of conscious experience.

“the materialist explanatory project that no one has ever made any progress on or the Pan psychist Expansion Project which is already complete so in my mind it's kind of a no-brainer”

Materialism is an irrational belief because it requires accepting that the universe is eternal despite evidence to the contrary.

“Materialism has become an irrational belief.”