>The question is, do these people actually _need_ a truck?
People don't have to need something in order to buy it. They buy stuff because they have disposable income and like owning flashy/cool shit.
A lot of our salaries depend on people buying lots of expensive shit they don't need. Otherwise half of us would be laid off. It's the sad truth of the economics of western consumerism.
My parents lived in communism, where you could only buy the bare minimum of what you actually need to survive and that's it. ~10 years waiting list for a new car and stuff like that. It was rough. Definitely less wasteful though, as everything was being repaired over and over again instead of thrown away.
People don't have to need something in order to buy it. They buy stuff because they have disposable income and like owning flashy/cool shit.
A lot of our salaries depend on people buying lots of expensive shit they don't need. Otherwise half of us would be laid off. It's the sad truth of the economics of western consumerism.
My parents lived in communism, where you could only buy the bare minimum of what you actually need to survive and that's it. ~10 years waiting list for a new car and stuff like that. It was rough. Definitely less wasteful though, as everything was being repaired over and over again instead of thrown away.