We live in a climate of greed.nWe live under the clouds of envy.nWe live in the shadow of the pricing gun.nAll around us actors and models order us to buy this and live like that.nthey remind us that if we don't possess more our lives are empty,nthat we are basically worthless beyond the value of the numbers in our bank accounts,nthat we are here just to accumulate, that the purpose of our very existence is to consume…npossess and consume, possess and consume, possess and consume…nthe silent, hypnotic corporate mantra that is the soundtrack to our frustrated and obsessive lives.nnWe live in a climate of greed.nWe live under the clouds of envy.nnOur lives are governed by jealousy, ruled by anxiety.nAlways wanting more, never being satisfied.nIf we could just own that bathroom our lives would be perfect,nif i just had that car everything would be ok,nif we could just possess that dress the numbing,ngnawing emptiness that reminds us of the utter pointlessness of life would go away.nA life sentence of consumer addictions, shackled to the ruthless,nirresponsible whims of advertising executives.nDragged along in their relentless personal slipstream,ntheir desire for us to own more and yet more shit.nPiling up mountains of possessions, fields of crap, rivers of waste.nnWe live in a climate of greed.nWe live under the clouds of envy.nnEverywhere we look we are reminded that our lives are worthless unless we are famous , powerful or wealthy. Numbers after peoples names in tabloids remind us of their worth and of our worthlessness, remind us that they are to be respected and adored simply because of mathematics. Remind us that the ladder of life has a top and a bottomnnWe live in a climate of greed,nWe live under the clouds of envy.nWe live in the shadow of the pricing gun.nWe are but slaves, soon to be dust.nWe live in a climate of greed.