I don't think the 'I must have argan oil and lime caviar in my next shampoo because the advert says so' need is qualitatively the same as your clinical need though is it? If anything I'd say that indicates the failure of unrestricted markets.
This all started with black_puppydog's comment:
> I don't agree with the conclusion. We can scale down our economies and still maintain production of essentials by ``drumroll`` scaling back shit that nobody needs.
Anybody whose life would be drastically worsened by having 10 different types of shampoo rather than x hundred needs help.
Maybe not shampoo, but some people can't seem to stand certain types of toothpaste with sodium lauryl sulfate in it. It apartment aggregates canker sores in their mouth. Those are most of the types of toothpastes you can buy. If you cut out almost all toothpaste products you'd likely eliminate the ones without this substance. We might think of this specific point when selecting the types of toothpaste that we will allow, but how many other such niches will we miss on all the other products?
This all started with black_puppydog's comment: > I don't agree with the conclusion. We can scale down our economies and still maintain production of essentials by ``drumroll`` scaling back shit that nobody needs.
Anybody whose life would be drastically worsened by having 10 different types of shampoo rather than x hundred needs help.