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Originally Posted by Diogene
I do not agree.
I do not have a cell phone.
I think by now maybe half of humanity has been raised by television and is deeply under the influence of PR and advertising (also through TV series, blogs,..). The younger generations' deepest desires have been shaped by marketing.
They feel depressed and inferior, as if they and their lives are worthless if they do not own anything new. Their lives have no deep meaning, only products can give them a semblance of meaning.
It is clearly pathological.
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Umm... I agree with your disagreement. Your point is actually what I was aiming at in my post. Planned obsolescence is nothing but marketing and shoddy manufacturing aimed at making more and more profits and is severely wasteful. Having or not having a cell phone is not the point, but having a cell phone that is good for more than a year or so or a handset phone that doens't fall apart after minimal use is.