Imagine no possessions. I can and it was called communism or living in a third world country. I'm sure John was referring perhaps to too many possessions even though he was not short on a few himself. In the video he certainly does not paint a picture of want.
Maybe he meant we should not own a house, a car, a TV, and imagine what would one want with a computer. If people had no possessions or a very limited number of them, then those with a few bob would have nothing to use their hard earned to buy except food / clothes, but not too many. Maybe they could give their money away to those a bit needer so they could buy those items. As we are a consumer society, if people don't buy goods like cars etc, then there would be less people working to make them, and and!
Maybe he meant we should not own a house, a car, a TV, and imagine what would one want with a computer. If people had no possessions or a very limited number of them, then those with a few bob would have nothing to use their hard earned to buy except food / clothes, but not too many. Maybe they could give their money away to those a bit needer so they could buy those items. As we are a consumer society, if people don't buy goods like cars etc, then there would be less people working to make them, and and!
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