To Whom It May Concern,

In no way do I intend to discuss or argue about faith in this post. I don't even want to write about it much more than to say, to a vast extent, for my own reasons, I believe everything happens for a reason.

In doing my Bachelor of Journalism I have elected to do studies in American history from 1945 to the present. Currently I am investigating society in the 1950's and how they functioned under the strain of the Cold War. What I have found consists largely of a push towards epic consumerism and mass production. The true beginning of it. Keep that in mind.

Currently, my sister is studying a bachelor of something with about twenty five titles that I will never be able to remember until I'm old and senile. Therefore, my explanation of her degree is that it regards geography, economics, the regerneration of the environment and it's population. Please endeavour to keep this in mind also.

I never, in my wildest imaginations, thought that these two spheres of influence would ever relate.

About ten minutes ago, as we studied independently right next to each other, through some twisted wormhole of impossibility, I discovered that they do relate. In a very big way.

The 1950's was an era, I repeat, of MASS CONSUMPTION. When this ball got rolling America could well and truly deem itself saved from its past of 'buy only if necessary'. Here was the beginning of the 'good life'...We all know how this has eventuated. Even if you had been living under a rock you would know this because either a) your rock has become slighty eroded from the new toxins that have leaked into the air from this mass consumerism or b) they took away your rock to use in their mass consumerism. It's not exactly a surprise.

These days, it all seems a little bit bleak, end of the world, die from our own filth and greed hungry addictions blah, blah, blah. Right? We've heard it so often. It's not that we don't care. In fact, you probably really do care. It's just that you can't pin point the crux of the issue, or how it all works. Right? That was the boat I was in anyway. Then, luck would have it that my sister zoomed over in her little boat of new-found knowledge and showed me this little clip: "The Story Of Stuff" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM.

Cue a realisation of intense significance.

There is a way to tackle our fast impending global implosion. Understanding what happened in the 50's severly helps to create a foundation of understanding for what is happening now.
I believe that everything happens for a reason, so if by some absurd chance you did happen to read this post all the way to the bottom then humour me; watch that clip. Or tell someone about it. Because it matters.