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Unsurprising that one of the world's most successful capitalists is advocating for innovation to drive consumerism rather than anti-consumerism. I'm not saying
by pcthrowaway 4y ago
Unsurprising that one of the world's most successful capitalists is advocating for innovation to drive consumerism rather than anti-consumerism.
I'm not saying he's wrong; it's hard to get people to reflect on, and change, their lifestyles.
But it sends a harmful message; it's like saying it's pointless to teach people to swim safely, because staffing better lifeguards would be more likely than changing peoples' behaviour. Then people count on other people to bail them out from their poor decisions and end up drowning (an actually possible scenario with rising sea levels)