I watched this foreign documentary on Bilibili, with three episodes in one. The content is indeed worthy of the rating.

The documentary was filmed in the past few years. The summary has the following points:

1. Manufacturers scrap products in a planned manner. What we want to talk about is why we often say that after the development of science and technology, the things we buy are not as durable as the previous ones. The electrical appliances we bought in the past can be used for many years. But now one or two years of life are gone. At the beginning of design and production, in order to be able to sell in large quantities and sustainably, the service life of the product is set. Of course, it is not because of technical limitations.

2. Manufacturing requirements. Many of the things we buy are not actually needed. For example, we just wanted to buy a drinking cup, but in the end we bought an expensive limited edition co-branded cup.

Merchants make you buy goods by creating concepts or fear, and create market demand in various ways, such as various toys, various blind boxes, etc. It has even made medicines available to millions of households, especially health care products.

3. Use children to drive consumption, and even induce adults to shop like children. We all know that children and women make the most money. Merchants encourage adults to consume by arousing children's interest, while slowly inducing adults' consumption behavior to make them behave like children. If you see something you like, you should immediately own it, regardless of your wallet.

4. The use of credit cards promotes the formation of advanced consumption.

5. The most important point is that the market is always providing better and richer products. It is very important to choose what you need most when buying.