Surely reading is also a form of consumerism, and real freedom is writing/creating?

>If everyone did this economy would collapse immediately.

So true. Kafka and Dostoyevsky are also quite a dopamine detox, because they're flat out boring and the pleasure is really fed with a syringe and worked hard for.

But the bit about society collapsing reminds me of Rick and Morty Covid* season finale after the credits. Where they made a small outro about their merch, asking people to buy their merch, buy anything, keep consuming, to keep the economy going and the world running. Read by Rick's drunk hiccup filled voice.

* everyone one was scared of a real recession, but ppl did keep buying stuff.