Facts from The Story of Stuff
According to Annie Leonard in the “Facts from The Story of Stuff” our system is a linear system in crisis not good for a finite planet. Due to the consumer society we have to bought much stuff that we do not need and a few months will be obsolete consequently our planet will be on crisis for a accumulation of stuff that we are not using and we have dispose it as a garbage. Nowadays consumers are the priority on the corporations of manufacture and they planned the obsolescence of the products so if you are part of consumer society you will perceive obsolescence of the stuff due to the media, marketing strategies and the society that you have to work and consume to integrate or be part of this consumer society.
I agree with Annie Leonard that big corporations are planning the obsolescence of the products and make the consumers perceive this obsolescence.
Besides the capitalist system the economy is growing base on projections from big corporation’s that are planning how much money they want, how big the production should be and how much they want we consume not only these but part of the planning strategies are the obsolescence and consequently consumer’s perception of obsolescence.
Who are responsible for this? I think everyone are/is responsible for this.
First the government because they subsidizes part of large projects of the big corporation also because don't use mechanisms for quality control to make the companies produce longer lasting products.
Second the companies because they are planning the quality of the products that have to last for a certain time and the quality obviously is not good.
Third the media with big ads that torture consumers with products that we are supposed to consume because are good and be in fashion.
Finally consumers are responsible because we live in a consumer society where we let ourselves be influenced by others think and fear of being criticized.
Unfortunately in our society to be part of it we have to satisfy our own ego maybe buying items don’t need or be in fashion. We have to buy otherwise they make fun or criticize your old habits. For example in the electronics industry daily change designs, computers and televisions are obsolete so people who do not buy a new electronic device feel that their stuff are obsolete or outdated but doesn’t mean that the device is not usable is just changed something is not important for the function so consumers are forced to buy a new device for which friend do not criticize.
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