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Nothing will stop unless advertisers are prevented from indoctrinating people to believe they are entitled to such things as vehicles and other mass produced goods. Humans are not naturally mass consumers like this, we are being taught, from a very young age, to treat the earth like a dumpster.
Not sure who the mad lad is that downvoted your common sense statement, but hopefully they get a better education.
You are right. We are not meant to consume the way we do. It isn't sustainable. As an American I can confirm this culture promotes getting rid of things the moment they break without trying to repair them or even just when they feel old.
It sickens me. I use things until they break and then I open them up and see if I can fix them, and you'd be surprised how often you can.
probably got downvoted by someone in 'marketing'
In Toronto, Doug Ford is about to rip out bike lanes in a misguided attempt to improve traffic congestion. There is currently no evidence that the bike lanes made traffic worse and there is strong evidence that induced demand will return traffic congestion to pre-bike lane removal levels fairly quickly. Advertising preys on stupidity, but we’ve also got a stupidity problem.