{"id":6931,"date":"2016-12-25T01:23:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T17:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=6931"},"modified":"2016-12-25T01:23:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T17:23:21","slug":"materialism-a-system-that-eats-us-from-the-inside-out-george-monbiot-opinion-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/25\/materialism-a-system-that-eats-us-from-the-inside-out-george-monbiot-opinion-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Materialism: a system that eats us from the inside out &#124; George Monbiot &#124; Opinion &#124; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Perhaps I&#8217;m projecting my prejudices. But an impressive body of psychological research seems to support these feelings. It suggests that materialism, a trait that can afflict both rich and poor, and which the researchers define as &#8220;a value system that is preoccupied with possessions and the social image they project&#8221;, is both socially destructive and self-destructive. It smashes the happiness and peace of mind of those who succumb to it. It&#8217;s associated with anxiety, depression and broken relationships<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2013\/dec\/09\/materialism-system-eats-us-from-inside-out\">Materialism: a system that eats us from the inside out | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps I&#8217;m projecting my prejudices. But an impressive body of psychological research seems to support these feelings. It suggests that materialism, a trait that can afflict both rich and poor, and which the researchers define as &#8220;a value system that is preoccupied with possessions and the social image they project&#8221;, is both socially destructive and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/25\/materialism-a-system-that-eats-us-from-the-inside-out-george-monbiot-opinion-the-guardian\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Materialism: a system that eats us from the inside out &#124; George Monbiot &#124; Opinion &#124; The Guardian&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}