Ep. 103: How Western Culture Keeps Us Poor And Destroys Our Family, Community, and Relationships

In this episode we discuss: How lower wages and higher costs have dramatically reduced our quality of life How we’ve ended up working more and resting less with worse outcomes Whether advancements in technology have improved the quality of life of the average person How marketing and consumerism keep us on the hamster wheel The hidden costs of convenience culture Concerns surrounding the collusion between government and corporations How divide and conquer tactics convince us to blame each other rather than the powers that oppress us   Download the Free Energy Balance Food Guide here: https://www.jayfeldmanwellness.com/guide/   Sign up for the Free Energy Balance Mini-Course here: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/energy   Click here to check out the show notes:  https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-103-how-western-culture-keeps-us-poor-and-destroys-our-family-community-and-relationships/   Timestamps: 1:34 – how western culture degrades safety and security through financial means 7:33 – how lower wages with higher costs reduces safety and forces people to prioritize work over quality of life 15:14 – we currently work more with less leisure time than ever before, with worse outcomes 20:24 – the cost of consumer culture and marketing as an engine that drives consumerism 30:53 – the cost of convenience culture: freedom, privacy, morals, ethics, and health 36:14 – the problems with profit-driven motives and the collusion between government and corporations 45:36 – how western society has become fragile and unstable 51:13 – how western culture degrades relationships and feelings of love and belonging 52:41 – continued how western culture degrades relationships and feelings of love and belonging 53:27 – divide and conquer tactics within western culture and encouraging the “us vs. them” mentality