How We Became Slaves to Things We Don't Need — Diogenes

Описание: How We Became Slaves to Things We Don’t Need — Diogenes

We live in an age of abundance, yet we feel poorer than ever. Surrounded by possessions, comfort, and endless choices, many of us feel anxious, trapped, and strangely unfulfilled. How did freedom become indistinguishable from consumption—and why do the things we own feel like chains?

In this video, we explore the radical philosophy of Diogenes of Sinope, the ancient thinker who rejected wealth, status, and possessions to expose a hidden truth: the more we confuse wants with needs, the more enslaved we become. Through Diogenes’ life and teachings, we examine how consumer culture conditions desire, how identity became tied to ownership, and why material excess leads not to happiness—but to spiritual poverty.

This is not a call to live in a barrel. It’s an invitation to question what you truly need, what you’ve been taught to want, and whether simplicity might be the most revolutionary act left in the modern world.

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