Grayox@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoCapitalism is killing our planetlemmy.mlimagemessage-square337linkfedilinkarrow-up11.53Karrow-down1102
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minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 years agoThere was an argument that marketing is the ultimate example of creating value without using raw resources by making an existing item more valuable.
minus-squareGrayox@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoMarketing takes human labor at the bare minimum.
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoIt also consumes human labor when people absorb the marketing. This is an externality not accounted for in the cost of marketing, it is large, and it makes resources unavailable for more productive tasks.
There was an argument that marketing is the ultimate example of creating value without using raw resources by making an existing item more valuable.
Marketing takes human labor at the bare minimum.
It also consumes human labor when people absorb the marketing. This is an externality not accounted for in the cost of marketing, it is large, and it makes resources unavailable for more productive tasks.