It's not just the consumer culture, Mr. C, it's finding out that our government's behind 9/11, all the terrorist attacks, dumbing US down, poisoning US, ripping US off, and outright killing US, that has got me in a major funk.
How do I/we get out of it?
Having Dr. Paul as president would get me out of it;-)
Focusing on the positive is good, but awareness is important too, so we don't let this insanity continue. The hard part is balancing awareness and staying in a higher vibration, because when you become aware of how awful it really is you can't help but be depressed or physically ill, unless you're one of the psychopaths.