That's a heathen lie - precisely what the reprobates-in-power want us to believe.
Speaking of scrambling for whatever unstable $13 per hour gig, (where they treat you like crap) isn't that going on now? .... Tent cities going up / expanding :/ Meanwhile, stuff keeps getting more shoddy - like that $7 can opener, (purchased in the early 2000s). Didn't last the year, threw it out. And here's the punchline: my late husband preferred fresh food, and so do i.
If stuff lasted, at least a decent amount of time, where you didn't have to buy the same nonsense over and over - while tossing the yet new, old implement into the garbage... would be less landfill expense. Wouldn't it?? Less taxe$... hello?
If stuff lasted, people - being people - would still want to buy things; things like music cds. Uhm, like having the spare money to buy (NEW :) nearly everything Jordi Savall ever composed; would need to buy a few more cd cases - there's also Sequentia, Murmur Mori Ensemble, Dufay Collective, Clemencic Consort... There's no such thing as having too much good music :)
While not everyone is into (early) music, there's other things in which to invest, to enjoy, to pass along to the next generation - things that aren't junk. How about some fine china, sterling silver flatware! As for polishing that stuff? Sounds like a job opening, in a neighborhood near you. Old coins, a real table - from real wood - paintings, rare books, crystal glassware; things which the grand/kids could exchange for money - a whoops baby, need an additional room put on to the house.
Speaking of maintenance, there'd be funds to actually get that forty year-old roof either repaired, or replaced; because stuff does eventually wear out, on its own - that '17 storm was a doozy.
As for jobs, if stuff lasted, we wouldn't have to scramble so. A job at a fast food place, or pushing broom somewhere, would likely not afford you Lenox - or yearly trips to Europe - but you wouldn't be stuck living in a freaking tent...in January. More like a modest apartment, a closet reasonably full of warm practical clothing, and a decent cd collection. 😀
As for the minimalist crowd, these men and women are into experiences - travel, theatre, opera, or simply the meatloaf special. It's summer in Brazil, so it's off to the mall to buy some vaca clothing. Oh wait, the couple's ski retreat is coming up early next month. REAL clothing, made of real fabric, which lasts and lasts - and then some.
Whatever floats your boat, some people are fine with wallyword dinnerware. But clothing? Closet is getting crowded, and the six winter coats (count 'em) are all in good shape. Even if clothing lasted decades, there will always be people who want a new coat, every winter - and new swimwear every summer.
Clothing, which will eventually occupy sally-ann's racks. Used quality clothing, for people who, for whatever reason, are poor. Bible says the poor will always be with us. Bible also says we're supposed to be kind towards people who are in a jam.
Doesn't stop there. Women will want new drapes; men will want a new rifle. Many older marrieds want to flee Pennsylvania come winter, but cannot - for years of crappy lightbulbs, and other overpriced JUNK, having long been relegated to the landfill. Little by little, adds up. Little by little, over the past forty years, those $7s, $5s, $3s could have sat in a savings account - and traded for a solid down payment on a modest Carolina lakeside property.
If stuff lasted, wives could stay home, full time, with their kids, (even one four year-old IS a full-time job) without running the the very real possibility of post menopausal poverty - young and poor is one thing; old and poor, is so another. A half century ago, Mr. C., my family relations teacher said the number one reason for divorce, is financial stress. (and i thought it was s3x - was 17, what did i know 😀 )
A nickel-wise spinster dollar-store cashier, could, over time, build a savings for later in life - when standing 5-6 hours per shift is no longer sustainable. Clue: even reasonably healthy, when you get towards seventy...
If stuff lasted... Just described a society, an economy, where the Lord Jesus Christ (per His Word) is - at the very least - respected. Time for me to wake up ... eh? 😉
"For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fail." Proverbs 4:16
"For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always." Matthew 26:11
"For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land." Deuteronomy 15:11
"For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners." Psalm 69:33
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