Has anyone else seriously thought about how stupid a concept the economy is?

We have to buy and discard buy and discard buy and discard perpetually.
If we don't do that all of human society implodes.
It's pretty much that simple.

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jackieash

Money is getting tighter by the day for nearly everyone (just the mega rich dont appear to be concerned about the financial squeeze) but we're still being bombarded to get then latest expensive gadget or 3 piece suite or car. The consumerist ultra-capitalist agenda is still being shoved down our throats.

th3r0n · 41-45, M

@jackieash the “mega rich” are getting richer fast

Really · 80-89, M

@jackieash "Three piece suite." You're in the UK?

jackieash

@Really Yes.....

Really · 80-89, M

@jackieash It's a phrase I haven't heard since I left, decades ago. Brought back memories. My parents' 3 piece suite suite was described as 'uncut moquette' and I think it cost them less than two pounds brand new (in he 1930s.) I used to have the receipt, which was among their 'effects'.

jackieash

@Really iIt was a measure of how people were doing financially a few years back. The idea was the more often you got a new suite, the better off you were....

Really · 80-89, M

@jackieash Well, no 🙂. I grew up in wartime. Almost no one was doing well and we were frugal by necessity. That habit became embedded in our personalities and it still makes sense to me although to a less extreme degree. The 3 piece suite lasted my parents almost their whole lives; was only replaced once, when it was really worn out.

jackieash

@Really The suite Mum has has seen me off. It was there when I was growing up and it was still there when I moved out about eighteen months ago!

Really · 80-89, M

@jackieash Haha; good for Mum! In your own young lifestyle does that seem admirable, or more like just old fashioned & tight fisted?

jackieash

@Really it's still in good condition so I guess it's just being sensible... 🙂