Comment by peterfirefly
11 days ago
> Because apparel is specifically the consumer industry
Because it is very visible to low information voters who are also red/green voters.
11 days ago
> Because apparel is specifically the consumer industry
Because it is very visible to low information voters who are also red/green voters.
Are you a high-information voter? If so, could you please provide information about any consumer industry that comes even close to the apparel industry in terms of a) ubiquity and market scale and b) destruction of unsold but undamaged items while still producing equally functional equivalents for market?
Is there such a thing as fast-cutlery? Or fast-furniture? Maybe fast-book or fast-vehicle? Fast-whitegood perhaps? I'm at a loss here, I've only heard of fast-fashion.
I feel like there is a lot of waste in packaging specifically. Like way, way more colorful plastic polymers go into the trash way faster making products look appealing on the shelf than from clothing. Don't have the numbers to back it up though.
> Are you a high-information voter?
Yes I am.
Uh, yes? Food and consumer electronics are larger or similar scale to fashion and undamaged goods for both are landfilled at massive/similar rates to clothing.
Books are the same logic as apparel, "print more than needed, pulp what doesnt sale". Its just much smaller.
Food is perishable, clearly we can’t force manufacturers or shops to keep unsold perished stock.
Unsold electronics aren’t destroyed on a seasonal basis to make room for a new collection.
Same goes for books… and pulp from booms can create new paper to print new books on