[con]sumer society would encourage us to be content, and live simply, and to accept impermanence, rather than trying to stave it off.
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The last words are 'stave it off'. It's a strange idiom, meaning something like 'to temporarily deal with a problem, in a way that does not solve it permanently'.
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"It would encourage us to be content and live simply, and to accept impermanence rather than ..." I am not sure of the three last words. Does it "stay it off"? Thank you!