SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Planned Obsolescence, Electric Light, High Tech
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How capitalism can shape society the light bulb. Conspiracy : advertisement is a huge part of communism, credit, spending money you don t have, planned obsolescence: loses its function, goes out of style, products designed to go out of style. In order to keep our economy growing is to have planned obsolescence to design things that are planned to fail or get out of style. Technology has increased natural disasters (look up in textbook!!) The market/ high-tech solution: making newer better technology isn"t a sufficient solution. Because of the costs for example, the consumers are not willing to shoulder the costs of getting an environmental beneficial car. Begins with the individual and continues it way into society. A collective attempt to change all or part of a political or social order by means of rioting, petitioning, striking, demonstrating, and/or establishing pressure groups, unions, and political parties. (brym and lie 2015:289)
