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At this scale, things aren’t being bought with money, but with other systems of value. Imagine if you had near-infinite disposable income, and also all of your
by gabruoy 2y ago
At this scale, things aren’t being bought with money, but with other systems of value. Imagine if you had near-infinite disposable income, and also all of your friends do too. What could possibly be considered interesting or status-worthy at that point? Luxury status symbols that can only be bought with things like your own time spent with a brand, status, and personal connections are the only ways to distinguish yourself from others.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoLiving your life as if conspicuous consumption is bullshit is much more distinguishing.
- 082349872349872 2y agoCall me crazy, but I'd guess that retail products that (a) have a SKU, and (b) are submarine advertised on websites with >40mm monthly viewers, however much they may be positioned as being sold to those with near-infinite disposable income, are really being hawked to those with merely disposable income. see https://images.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/183/2018/05/09164150/WSJ.com-Audience-Profile.pdf https://images.dowjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/183/201...
- throwaway2037 2y ago> submarine advertised I never heard of this term before. What does it mean? And can you give an example?
- 082349872349872 2y agohttps://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html https://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html Examples aplenty (from biblical times to the present, albeit in a slightly different domain) to be found in Linebarger, Psychological Warfare (1954) > Almost all good propaganda—no matter what kind—is true. It uses truth selectively. (note that PR people used to call themselves "propagandists" in peacetime as well, until WWI gave that a bad rep, and they needed to rebrand)