Why is materialism the cause of problem B climate change?
Materialism makes us want more, which is the underlying cause of consumerism. (a sub-paradigm of materialism) However much we have, we are never content. It is a compulsive, obsessive desire, over which we have no control. This is caused by an unconscious fear of our luck changing, and we suddenly becoming destitute and starving. These traumas happened to our ancestors many times before, and is in our collective unconscious memory. Shakespeares plays show how peoples fortunes can go up and down suddenly, rags to riches and back again. Like the elephant, we never forget, but we cannot recall these past traumas, because they were so painful that we repressed them. Nevertheless, they play like videos in our unconscious mind and affect our behaviour when we feel threatened. This happens when we see pictures on the TV of people made homeless, destitute and starving. This pushes our buttons, and triggers the fear reaction in us. It switches off our new brain, and rational thinking behaviour.
