One recent night, I heard on the local news report that
those who run the many charity thrift stores, those like the Salvation Army,
Goodwill Industries, and even the local assistance leagues and services, are
facing a glut of stuff. Donations are at an all-time high, and they’re hard
pressed to handle it all. Who’s getting the blame? Marie Kondo.
Many people have climbed on the KonMari bandwagon and are
organizing and paring down their possessions. No, that’s backwards: she would
have people first discard the junk and stuff, then organize. They are especially mindful to divest
themselves of anything that doesn’t being them joy. (My underwear doesn’t bring
me joy, but nevertheless I’m keeping it.)
George Carlin once wrote a skit about his stuff. He really
needed a place for all is stuff. His stuff had stuff. The purchase of a lot of
stuff is one of the things that fuels our economy. But a slowdown is in
progress:
- As people accustom themselves to
the “less is more” mindset
for owning stuff, they’ll now probably
purchase less of it.
- They'll purchase less stuff, and
pretty soon manufacturers will go
out of business.
- Manufacturers will lay off
workers.
- Unemployed workers will wind up on
welfare.
(Unemployed
workers will shop at the thrift stores, and he thrift
stores’
glut of stuff will dwindle to a trickle.)
- Our gross national product will be
reduced to a bare minimum.
- There goes the country.
And all because of Marie Kondo. The lesson here: bolster the world’s economy
- keep your stuff!
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