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Originally Posted by umbrarchist
I regard the entire concept of expensive clothing as a form of economic sabotage based on psychological manipulation.
The upper classes do not want the lower classes to accumulate wealth. This would reduce the power of the wealthy. So getting the lower classes to spend a lot of money on things which depreciate rapidly is getting the pawns to defeat themselves. So creating and maintaining a culture in which people essentially put social pressure on each other to fail is very useful. Think about it. How much are used clothes worth? Is a used $300 dress worth any more than a used $50 dress? But that is $250 more in depreciation. The objective is to keep the people at the bottom running on the treadmill making the upper classes richer.
And by a curious coincidence the economists don't talk about the depreciation on the consumer side of the equation.
The Economic Wargame is a continuation of the Military Wargame by other means.
All warfare is based on deception. - Sun Tzu
umbra
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I agree with your assertion that spending money on expensive clothes is not economically feasible to the poor or even middle class.
But in a free market as ours, there's no evidence to show that people are being forced or coerced into buying these clothes. You don't have to go in that store and swipe your card. And you certainly can to to Target or Sears and get very nice clothing, to the point that many cannot tell where you got your clothes from. I've seen countless women dress amazingly well, but are saavy budget shoppers.
In a free market, we still have alot of personal freedom and choices when it comes to buying many goods. Clothing is especially one of them.