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Why would I buy a truck that still required me to go through someone else to move large loads? Why would I buy vegan beans that required animal harm to be produ
by jjk166 4y ago
Why would I buy a truck that still required me to go through someone else to move large loads? Why would I buy vegan beans that required animal harm to be produced? Why would I buy an electric car that ruined the environment? That's not signaling by consumption, that is things serving their intended purpose. It's no more political than advertising toilet bowl cleaner with clean toilets. People consume what they value for the reason they value it. That what people financially value correlates with what people culturally value is hardly surprising. I'm not watching millennial targeted netflix shows alone in my living room to demonstrate to my furniture how much of a millennial I am. The fact we all consume things that others would consider weird or otherwise socially disapprove of only makes sense in a world where we are trying to satisfy internal desires despite the potential social signals they might send.