I personally believe that relentless passive consumption is a bad choice, but I don't have too much issue with people making that choice. I feel it's a form of self-enslavement. People work 80 hours a week to afford $30 vodkas, $3 cups of coffee, an iPod, a high-end entertainment system, a large house in the suburbs, and a $35,000 entry-level luxury car. I prefer my leisure time and a modest lifestyle anyday. Everything one buys has a cost beyond the price tag - time, maintenance, instruction, peripherals, energy, cleaning, &c.
"The things you own end up owning you" - Fight Club