The most affluent consumers account for a bigger share of total US spending, reinforcing the lopsided dynamic of unbothered consumption for the wealthy and more cautious shopping for everyone else.
The most affluent consumers account for a bigger share of total US spending, reinforcing the lopsided dynamic of unbothered consumption for the wealthy and more cautious shopping for everyone else.
lol, I stopped consuming during the price gouging when COVID happened. I saw the greed and just… stopped. screw their cheap shit. it’s not that I can’t afford it, I actively refuse to keep buying stuff and watch it break in 6-8 months needing to buy it again.
I’m just living humble by choice now
I haven’t been shown a product worth buying since 2016.
New game console? Its library is trash and your live service model only gets worse.
New computer? For what?.. to do what? Am4 loads Firefox up just as well as Am5.
New car? Drive an Si, and it’s from 2014, check back in 2034.
I’m not buying a damn thing but clothes and food until something breaks. I’m not even politically motivated, I’m just piss-bored of Ai nothingburger products and aenemic hobby scenes because billionares own everything and they ground it all down to dust.
Preach. Anything you buy that was made in the last 5-ish years is riddled with ads and/or requires a prescription service to even use. And that includes luxury cars. Everything has been fucked to hell.
this is exactly my thought too. I am only replacing, and buying food. I am in the market for a guitar but those aren’t typically made with obsolescence in mind plus they can be repaired which goes into a local persons labour which I am also ok with.
but yes, everything is just… why… it’s so saturated with junk that I’ve checked out completely.