(April 24, 2019 at 1:34 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(April 24, 2019 at 12:34 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Well, no actually needs faux fur animal hats.
If the Aspen crowd's got money to burn and is willing to pay 99 bucks for one.....
Not the point.
I think the entire idea of "supply and demand" does to much to satisfy personal narcissism, and not enough to promote long term problem solving.
While I am glad they are not using real fur, just like sports cars, and even giant firearm clips, there still are things you need, and things that you simply want to stroke your own ego.
Far too much of marketing is fear based or vanity based. I have my indulgences too. All work and no play would make anyone crazy. But I am talking about global greed at the top, marketing simply to maximize profits.
Right now, humanity globally needs to solve pollution and famine issues as well as developing a meteor/comet defense system. And as much as I'd love getting to Mars as a species, even that should take a back seat to what I just mentioned.
Ah....Well, maybe focusing on a luxury item wasn't the best way to illustrate your point.
Seems like an odd starting place in making the case for increased regulation, but okay.
