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GGkekda Posted 9 years ago
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Modernity­ snobbery, though not exclusive to our age, has come to assume an unprecedented importance. The reasons for this are simple and of a strictly economic character. Thanks to modern machinery, production is outrunning consumption. Organized waste among consumers is the first condition of our industrial prosperity. The sooner a consumer throws away the object he has bought and buys another, the better for the producer. At the same time the producer must do his bit by producing nothing but the most perishable articles.


What is the meaning of organized waste and Modernity-snobbery in this passage?

  

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GGkekda What is the meaning of organized waste A synonym is 'planned obsolescence'—producing goods that are planned to be perishable or go out of fashion. GGkekda and Modernity-snobbery in this passage? The attitude that we always want the newest products.

  • GGkekda What is the meaning of organized waste A synonym is 'planned obsolescence'—producing goods that are planned to be perishable or go out of fashion.
  • GGkekda and Modernity-snobbery in this passage?
  • The attitude that we always want the newest products.
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GGkekdaWhat is the meaning of organized waste

A synonym is 'planned obsolescence'—producing goods that are planned to be perishable or go out of fashion.

GGkekdaand Modernity-snobbery in this passage?

The attitude that we always want the newest products.

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