Is it possible that we will stop being a throwaway society?


The possibility of us stopping to be a throwaway society is very low, and that is mainly thanks to our economy. Over the years, we came to using many things only once, which is a motor to the market - there is high demand for new things, new technology is developed, money flows, people have jobs, and everyone is happy. You can’t change this in a blink of an eye. Corporations would protest, because if someone forced them to produce more durable, and repairable things, they would lose money from revenue, fire workers. In the summary, the chance for changing this mindset is low, because we as humans wouldn’t be able to evolve both technologically, and economically if not for it.




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  1. englishdiary7 marca 2018 07:57

    This is , as usual, an interesting argument. It would help, though, if you controlled your language more, e.g.:
    1. you can't start your conclusion with "In the summary" (To sum up, Summing up)
    2. "they would lose money from revenue, fire workers" is an example of sloppy style: you should use 'and' instead of the comma
    3. "if not for it", especially at the very end of your paragraph looks bad: unclear reference and colloquial phrase (in fact, the use of IT is rather dubious grammatically too).

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