Will Shoppers Ever Care About the Destruction of the Planet? Tactics to convince people to buy less aren’t working. A quirky new documentary by Patagonia takes a different approach. (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 30 points 6 months ago

Omg regulate the fucking companies! Appealing to shoppers senses will do nothing when supply and demand have been completely divorced and the product is made before the sales are even there

[-] MercurySunrise@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 months ago

Ikr, why is it so much to ask? People are still buying shitty products because they feel they need them for quality of life? Make the products and their producers not shitty. It's a simple solution and, in comparison to blaming the consumer, an effective one too.

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