Re: Sales and Marketing reality distortion field
I wish people wouldn't say 'capitalist' when they mean 'consumerist'
Consumerism was a way to increase the apparent wealth of the citizen by engaging him in production marketing and consumption of - as opposed to tractors in the Ukraine - Iphones in e.g. China.
It is and was a crude attempt to solve the problems introduced by mechanisation: what to do to keep the people busy and distracted, now their labour is replaced by machines.
Make them keep on buying stuff. And make it rubbish so it breaks and they have to replace it, and make it rubbish so you can sell them training courses and support to tell them how to 'use' it. And if that fails to ensure they replace it, introduce legislation outlawing its continued use. Think diesel car scrappage. Diesels: Mandated by law practically that we all buy one, now mandated by law that we will get rid of them and replace with petrol.
Cui Bono? car manufacturers.
No analogue TV?
get a digital set.
No internet TV?
get a smart TV.
The onward march of pointless progress for its own sake, as evinced by 'progressive, liberal, socialists seeking justice.'
Never mind justice. How about happiness and life quality? Sadly the most enjoyable thing, to throw a stick for a dog whose genuine enjoyment of retrieving it is totally infectious, does not feature on anyone's economic plan.
I'd rather gave a Jack Russell than a fondleslab any day. Its cheaper and although its has a high ongoing cost of ownership, it does a lot more for my life quality.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
