What We Don’t Know We Don’t Know

Sounds like a play on words but our world is both real and frightening and its self-perpetuating nature is scary.  We live in a society where our economy is entirely based upon repeat business rather than expanding markets that could result in lower costs; and yet, some of our technology products have become so inexpensive to produce that a reduction of prices had no choice but to take place.  But, for the most part this is exactly what businesses do not want to have happen.

Economists agree that 3% inflation or less is the proper climate for sustainable economic growth; yet, for businesses their plans will roll out regardless of what inflation is or what the experts say because all change is inevitably passed along to the customers rather than absorbed, reducing gross profits.  Businesses expect Governments to take care of them because to do so would help their local economies but regardless will operate in whatever climate in which they are faced.

So, here’s the kicker . . .

Built in obsolescence or planned obsolescence rules the manufacturing marketplace and we would be silly to say that we have not recognized the fact that products made today do not last as long as products made 20 years ago. 

Why? 

Businesses need repeat business so it is now forced to happen.

Physicians, Oncologists, and other specialists do not really want to cure anyone because they make more money over the long haul if they can maintain the illnesses, rather than cure, regardless of the increase in population.

Television commercials promote over-eating so that weight-loss clinics can help the over-eater to lose weight and both sides help to perpetuate this cycle of guaranteed sales.

Law Enforcement does not really want to stop crime because to do so would put the industry out of work, so they pretend to solve crimes while dragging their feet like a typical government worker who spends more time watching the clock than generating work.

While it may seem that our educational system (especially high school) is seriously declining, what is really happening is planned so that trainers can re-teach high school graduates with business footing the bill, an expense that is “written off” each year as opposed to increasing salaries which must be sustained but also increases benefits.

It may seem like our two party system has different views on how to help the public, but in reality, nothing really ever changes except increases in their salaries and benefits.

We are all herded like sheep from one lifestyle change to another, never really achieving our expectations but made to feel by a clever interaction of forces that we are seemingly getting closer while at the same time being led farther and farther away from all the comforts we once knew.  And, we are so diverse culturally the odds are against us that we will never collectively come together in any form of solidarity; in fact, our systems have been carefully orchestrated so that cultural acceptance will never happen. 

Silly Sally, Ameria was never intended to be that free!