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Culturally, the Dutch expect higher quality at reasonable prices (love to see frugality as part of a national identity!). On the whole, American ad culture has
by GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
Culturally, the Dutch expect higher quality at reasonable prices (love to see frugality as part of a national identity!). On the whole, American ad culture has us convinced that we must either suffer with worse tools or spend more on a name brand with increasingly diminishing returns… to say nothing of the conspicuous consumption we’re all nudged/shoved into.
- WrongAssumption 1y agoNot sure how America got caught in this crossfire. Dyson is not an American company.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agono, but companies like Dyson that promote conspicuous consumption do very well in the US where they might not otherwise because of those cultural differences.