this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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A Boring Dystopia
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The best part is that much of the reason houses are getting bigger and cars becoming more luxurious is because that's the only way to maintain higher profits. Because we have achieved abundance, the only way to stay on top is for Capitalists to make not participating in the endless consumerist cycle ridiculously difficult.
Case in point: dumb phones. I have felt like my phone addiction is too great, so I have been researching dumb phones. After all, I got by with just a flip phone for years, what's the harm in going back to something like a Light Phone? Turns out, modern society is built on the assumption that you have a smartphone to install a random app just to accomplish a goal like checking in for a flight, or reading a QR code for a menu, or otherwise.
The standards have "raised," but only in a way that maintains profit over what's actually good for humanity.