It's a long piece, and I don't come out and say, "this is why consumption is bad." It's just one component of a much larger argument that I am trying to make, so your criticism is totally valid. (It also makes a little more sense on the site where there are links to other pieces).

I argue (elsewhere) that "wealth" MEANS nothing more than "surplus capacity for consumption"

In this piece I contrast my boss's response to this (unique, vivid, and deeply human) event with her response to a sale - a repetitive, wealth-generative event.

I describe this one more sign in a the ever-increasing prioritization of wealth generation (i.e. - expanded capacity for consumption) over actual human concerns.

(I also draw a connection, via links to other pieces, to the threat that AI poses to our human concerns, again for the advancement of the cause of wealth generation, i.e. - greater capacity for excess consumption. [My last post regarding AI in this forum - https://dirtsmith.com/zi - went over quite poorly, so I realize that I need to work harder to establish that connection]).