"The opposite of consumption is not frugality; it is generosity."-Raj Patel
We learned people are valuable, so we pay them for being useful to their places. We learned that consumerism is evil, so we put all of its costs at the decision point, so people know wrong from right.
We realized that cooperation is more important than competition, so we used consumption taxes to form tribal communities with shared commons and food systems.
Well, we can all dream...