Re:The most precious resource is agency
by necovek on Friday July 02, 2021 @05:35AM
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> New cars are status symbols or toys. I never understood how people could trade a human's full time salary for a car. People take old cars to work every day for a small fraction of the cost.
It's not that simple. If nobody bought new cars, where would the used cars come from? :D
And their prices would go comparatively up.
So basically, they are just like everything else that you can get cheaper (which is, really, everything). Eg. you can get a comparable laptop for 1/2 the price most likely (maybe not with new M1 macs, but in a few years). Or the phone.
It's not that simple. If nobody bought new cars, where would the used cars come from? :D
And their prices would go comparatively up.
So basically, they are just like everything else that you can get cheaper (which is, really, everything). Eg. you can get a comparable laptop for 1/2 the price most likely (maybe not with new M1 macs, but in a few years). Or the phone.