Cheap labor, cheap energy, low prices, built-in obsolescence, we can all buy so much more shit than ever before.

We also throw shit away rather than repair it, and gone are any things that we might own forever and pass down to other generations, none of it will last that long.

It's a disposable goods marketplace and society.

Yuck, and farewell homo sapiens.

Actually, they should rename our species and find a different term for "sapiens".

We aren't that thoughtful; we're foolish.

n/t

How many quirky dollar store garden knick knacks have made their way to the heap.

from all stores are filling up the garbage dumps too. Toasters - they used to last a lifetime, now a year or two. Dishwasher falling apart after about 6 years - it replaced a 25 year old one. Still using some of my mother's kitchen utensils - 40 years old.
We should have a separate garbage can for defective goods and see what the back end costs really are.

Literally, a couple of brands and only a couple of choices per brand.

In 1978 I remember getting a pair of white Reeboks, leather, most comfortable shoes ever, and at that time there were maybe only two or three styles at the Penney's where I bought them.

Now, there are entire stores dedicated just to sports shoes, I can't even walk into them, too many choices. And changing styles "makes" people buy things they don't really need just to stay in vogue.

It's sickening.

The shorter the lifespan of the product the sooner it must be replaced. It is the law of Consumerism. We all must consume.