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> you will own nothing and you will be happy Too easy and lazy to blame this on some grand conspiracy. Reality is much more complicated, and cuts to heart of h

• GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Conspiracy no. But I don't like where the world is headed. Investors are demanding ever more markup on products and services. Nobody is happy with a 10% markup anymore in electronics. There seems to be a constant flow of money to the ultra-rich away from the poorer people, and this is something that has been constantly going on for the last decades. Because the squeeze is finally starting to hit the mainstream of the richer countries. Even the US is starting to see instability from this. I think part of this is the free market which only really works on "MORE". More turnover, more customers, more products YoY. If you make a loss or invest in something for the common good a company isn't just frowned upon, they are putting themselves at liability of due diligence lawsuits. Most of the societal and environmental problems we are seeing stem from this, in my opinion. We need to fix the system before it's too late, not pamper to it. I don't think there is a dark "SPECTRE" style gathering going on at Davos, no. I'm not a conspiracy theorist. However I do see there is zero incentive to improving the status quo if it doesn't make some rich people much richer yet again. This is why I see the WEF as a 'bad' entity, for promoting such things which are clearly undesirable. It's a very one-sided image. For me as a tinkerer and maker the idea of renting my stuff and not being allowed to improve or repair it, is absolutely unthinkable and something that must be fought tooth and nail.