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Restaurants can be more efficient ways to get better food to everyone, compared to home cooking. Think the classic "diner", a place where the employees csn affo
by sukilot 12y ago
Restaurants can be more efficient ways to get better food to everyone, compared to home cooking. Think the classic "diner", a place where the employees csn afford to eat. When they are, that's inconspicuous consumption. Same for Henry Ford's assembly line cars.
- mc32 12y agoGood or bad, to some extent, 'conspicuous consumption' in the form of saying 'Hey, look I can afford it' led to the rise and mainstreaming of more natural farming, aka 'organics'. This is arguably a good thing. In addition we get avant garde chefs who can improve our diets by popularizing better food choices and preparation methods, initially at the expense of the reviled trendsetters and overconsumers.