Our Consequences. With a failing economy politicians and their propagandists will try telling you the recession doesn't really exist. In fact, they'll try to convince you we're living with great prosperity. But why do we have 65 federal agencies to enforce our laws? And that doesn't include our local and state police. So why do we have so much crime in America? Our Consumerist Economy produces the need to have more. It creates avarice and violence. It destroys contentment resulting with consequences that won't be pleasant.