The new normal
We have been a nation of consumers.
�Stores beckoned in every mall, stuffed
�high with clothes produced by barely
�paid labor in distant countries;
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stuffed with gadgets that lost value
�the minute you left the store; house
�hold items purported to be gorgeous
�or trendy or labor saving, necessary
�
apparently for all. Supermarket
�shelves had 40 kinds of everything
�edible, drinkable. Now in our post
�Covid [although Covid is not nearly
�
gone] they say the supply chain
�is broken perhaps beyond repair.
�I was a child during WWII when
�scarcity was our daily lot. No
�
sugar, butter, meat, gas. The return
�of “Yes, we have no bananas.” Now
�we figure out what we truly need.
�It’s less than we might have imagined.
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