The decline of consumer goods theft is actually a strong signal that the project of consumerism has run its course - part of "making it" in the late 20th centur

The decline of consumer goods theft is actually a strong signal that the project of consumerism has run its course - part of "making it" in the late 20th century was having the toys, but the toys are now prolific, and that's happened in the most literal sense too, when you look at the pricing of children's toys and how many families now feel inundated with them. "Unboxing" is just an influencer ritual now. The recurring themes now are all nuts-and-bolts concerns: housing, transport, employment, the environment, public spaces. These are things that aren't solved well with our existing coordination structures, since they tend to result in win/lose or lose/lose game-theoretic outcomes.