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The broken windows fallacy has an element of coercion or force that's not present in consumer fads. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy fidget spinners in order to
by tschwimmer 9y ago
The broken windows fallacy has an element of coercion or force that's not present in consumer fads. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy fidget spinners in order to live their lives/operate their business. The baker replaces his broken window because it's untenable not to. People buy fidget spinners because they _choose_ to value the spinner more than other goods that they could purchase.
- Retra 9y agoThat element of coercion is not necessary to maintain the fallacy. The broken window is merely an analogy for any waste, and the fallacy is trying to justify the creation of waste on the grounds that one can run an economy on dealing with it. In the end, the fallacy is that "it allows us to run an economy" doesn't actually justify anything.
- kelnos 9y agoWhat is marketing if not coercion?