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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Rhode57 · 56-60, M

You dont have to at all . I have had the same phone for years and dont discard anything if I can help it .If I have clothing that is still wearable I no longer need I donate to charity shops anything they can sell I donate . If its more expensive electrical stuff I sell it online . I hate waste and even recycle as much as I can . We have become to much of a throw away society and our habits need to change .

jackieash

@Rhode57 That is the point we're making :)

Really · 80-89, M

@Rhode57

You dont have to at all . I have had the same phone for years and dont discard anything if I can help it .

I agree with your second statement but not really the first - even though I have had the same phone for years and don't discard anything if I can help it. More & more we're stuck 'going with the flow' because there's no longer any other option.

For example it's difficult to buy anything that isn't at least partly made of, and/or packaged in, plastic. Even our clothing is made of t he damn stuff. Last night on TV I saw an English sheep farmer who shears his sheep - himself - only for reasons of hygiene. The wool - wool! - is discarded because a whole fleece sells for only 25 pence. Professional shearers would charge at least 4 times that.

And that's just a small part of what's going badly wrong,

Rhode57 · 56-60, M

@Really You are right the world has become a throw away society . I was raised by parents who lived through the 2nd world war where you had to mend and make do . I was raised the same . Taught how to knit and sew and darn socks and also had to fix our cars in Rhodesia as new ones were a very rare commodity . Now everyone throws it away and buys new . A sad state of affairs really . As I have said in many posts we are our own worst enemy and enemy to the planet .