As he says, it’s no secret – it’s been being promulgated as a philosophy for a long time; and before that it was a simple way of life for our grandparents, great-grandparents, and even our governments.
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" was wartime propaganda. It worked for nations, and it worked for individuals. Now we have people who profit from our debt, care nothing for our well-being, and happily kick us to the kerb when we can no longer pay their usury, trying to persuade us that living within our means is treason, while nations descend deeper and deeper into debt.

That’s not to say debt is bad, but it should be as short-term as possible, and only entered to our personal financial advantage.

Getting out of debt isn’t treason – it’s simple common-sense. And at least as good for the individual as it would be for the nation.