What a load of crap. “if these data points I cherry picked hold to this trend in a straight line forever” blah, blah, blah. By the way, buy my book
FTA:
“you might even rent your clothes in the future.”
The future?
https://www.mysubscriptionaddiction.com/best-clothing-subscription-boxes
I don’t think any of those make you return the clothes after a set period of time, do they? Because clothes are not especially desirable used for the same price as new.
They do have options to buy though.
I wonder how they get away with that? Who wants a used dress that isn’t even the latest fashion of the month? Do they just sell them off?
Neofeudalism is the goal of capitalism, always has been.
I feel like the purported capitalism that’s run rampant for centuries is just an extension and rebranding of the OG feudalism. Always thought that.
There are significant differences, but yes, in a way. Class conflict has always been at the core of modern human history, and when the bourgeoisie and Proletariat teamed up against the Aristocracy, Capital was transfered from the hands of the microscopically few to the hands of much more. However, this is an incomplete transfer of power, and as Capital consolidates, it trends back to a form of Feudalism.
Yeah this probably won’t happen
Yes.
It’s a rip from cassette days when there were dire warnings of “Home taping is killing music. And it’s illegal”. There were some concerns about home sewing doing the same thing but even the doom sayers knew it was kind of lame to make too big a stink about. Now it’s more a call to arms to diy.
An early precursor of the “you wouldn’t download a car” PSAs. Funny how the arguments never change.
