The Frown

Turn that frown upside down.., a photo by [Duncan] on Flickr.

'the idea that we can build a financial utopia ...'

'that we can properly translate everything around us into a commodity that we can consume for our personal pleasure ... that if we have sufficient property we can reduce the world to our personal  pleasure dome that will create happiness is a fantasy ... '

'the capitalist dream ... that the world is a playground and we should have a life in which we are comfortable all the time ...'  

'sadly, happiness has come to mean a life that is comfortable ... free of discomfort ... avoiding pain, death, decay ...' 


from Radio National 360documentaries, 10 February 2013

 http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/the-frown/4440548