This got downvoted, presumably because someone probably think it sounds like a "lol, old people r dumb" view, but ... it's insightful to realize that if, on ave

This got downvoted, presumably because someone probably think it sounds like a "lol, old people r dumb" view, but ... it's insightful to realize that if, on average, people's attitudes change such that they don't WANT to keep their goods forever, there is no value placed on a piece of furniture that lasts forever, and that drives cheaper, more disposable furniture to be made. I think a lot of people make the mistake of putting the cause-effect the other way around, where you HAVE to buy new furniture because "they don't make it the way they used to," but that may actually be what consumers want.