18 Apr 08 Superfluity in Capitalism

I will never cease to be amazed by the amount of crap goods out there for sale, as for example, this mustache comb necklace.  In sterling silver.  For $120.  And that people will actually waste their money and buy these things.  We truly live in a luxurious economy where 1) someone would even conceive of a concept like this as a viable product, and 2) where consumers could look at that product and say to themselves, “Hey, I really want that.  In fact, I think I need it.  And hey, look!  Here’s a fat wad of cash I don’t need for, say, food or utilities or whatever.  Must.  Buy.  Stupid, ridiculous.  Lip-ferret comb.” And they then adopt that thousand-yard zombie stare of the hopeless consumer slave.

I hope I’m not the only person who’s disgusted by the wastefulness of this growing trend in American consumerism.

Tags: capitalism, Rants, social-psychology