Productions.
Products and upgrades
only makes us want more stuff and purchase more so we don’t get left out in the
old school bubble and be called old fashioned. Yet not only that but you also
want to pleasure yourself based on the surrounded environment.
Trashing the planet
leads to trashing ourselves because of how we are getting obsessed on those
products which doesn’t even makes us happy for a month at least without
something new comes to the market then you shop and dump what you think you
want but not need. That’s Being selfish to your own environment and wasting it
for the companies whom are polluting the earth for money and self benefits with
less cost loss and more profits at the expense of the people Which gain the profits
based on their unknowing clearing the point of Annie “If you don’t own or buy a
lot of stuff, you don’t have a value.”, (Leonard, A.2007). Extraction cause
illness to the earth wherever it is happening because we all live on the same
ground, companies may not care but it’s all about their own benefits, when they
seek resources to make un-recycling products.
Products are made every
day in millions for the people and the financial profits, New ideas every
minute, new styles and new types as well. Not only loss for our pockets but
also having much stuff to pollute the earth. You never thought of how it could
harm the planet till you read about it and what they do with your old products
so you realize the mess in this producing system. Companies have the power and
the money so to their selves making new unrepaired products is not a problem
yet people will still buy them without second thoughts, don’t expect them to
care about the planet it’s not about the company because they only work for
their salary, the head of this is just thinking of how to get he’s empire
bigger and wider. And that’s how the human brain works sadly. So companies just
show us that they care “don’t say you’re authentic unless you really are
authentic.” (Pine, J.2004).
Consuming those products
whether they are cheap or expensive without taking a minute to think about how
it did cost this much even if it’s a cheap product and getting amazed of how
people get hired for such stuff that barely costs itself. Expensive stuff
actually costs more than it actually worth yet people buy both products without
thinking about the actual cost or if it’s even reasonable.
Selling and making new products never was a loss because of how
consumers still find it affordable and still buy them. Consumers will always
buy and companies will still make new uncompleted products so consumers will
still consume for new and more, which makes you end up with a lot of not
working trash.
After leading to
satisfying yourself and satisfying the companies and the economy comes the part
where they get rid of those products after it led to it purpose which only
leads to harm the planet that gets worse every second because of what humans
want, mother nature is dying because of those needs, and just a low amount of
people are aware or care because it shows clearly. Toxics that were made in the
products gets even more toxic after disposing it, not all parts of the product
can be gone or recycled the other are poisoning the water, air, and ground. We
have one planet for generations yet to come to live on this planet, what kind
of people we would be if we won’t make a better place or just keep it as it was
for our kids in the future. It’s an exciting story to be told in the future if
all what we know have changed for good and life how we know it get to be a life
we used to live due to lack of interest of of what god gave us.
Here in the UAE
consumption is very trader and the consumers are everywhere in the UAE, people
come from every part of the world to come to the UAE to consume which makes the
consumption a big number that is getting increased yearly in big steps, helping
them the economy as their right hand and pushing them to consume products and
buy everything without any second thoughts crossing their minds, which I’ll add
“Mainly due to
inflation, we expect that spends on basic commodities and living essentials
will increase.” (Gupta A.2013). The UAE actually helps people to find
what they need cause of how the UAE and their cities became the direction point
of tourists and the rich mainly, and all of that to support the growth and
wealth of the nation which made it one of the leading countries in the region.
The idea of this system
starting with extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and finally
disposal, does look quiet fine at the beginning but once you dig deeper things
reveals itself with time, not much people would think about this leaving it a
problem to someone else to solve, it starts with every individual by himself to
people around him to the society he lives in and that’s how he reflexes the
idea to the world. At the end the planet is ours to take care of and not our
governments because the people are the change.
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