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This should be the norm for the average family again
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this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2024
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Effects ofWW2
Immigration
Lack of training in general.
Offshoring.
People buying loads if crap. Like seriously how many coats did your grandparents have in their adult life. Probably about the same you have in your closet right now, maybe less. Not to mention TV, phones, exotic food.
The housing market is fucked because land is undervalued.
Oil? (I might be wrong on this)
Somethings need to change but there are some things missed here.
Coats, and devices for that matter, used to be built to last and be repairable. But if your ~~customer~~ consumer never needs to buy another product from you now that wouldn't make much business sense would it?
It would if you stole everyone else's business and that's what businesses used to compete on.
But consumers want fast fashion. They want cheap clothing and it doesn't matter if it only last 5 years instead of 30 because they are going to throw it out after 1 anyway.
Consumers have forced the hand of businesses in this case. People want cheap more than they want anything else.
Personally I don't feel that way, but my personal experience isn't a particularly large sample size.
Consumers may want various things, but those wants aren't created in a vacuum. Otherwise advertising would be pointless.