there was a time consumerism didn't rule our economy

At what point did society transition to how do we make money over how do we solve problems?

Are any businesses left that consider making a product to fill a need or gap or has the economy slipped so far that there is no longer a thought of if we need something or something is a good product with a good use?  We are left with products and services only aimed at making money.

I'm an avid YouTube consumer, where YouTubers, if they branch out start with clothes, and that makes sense.  Fashion is very maliable and need isn't necessarily as much a factor, as we do all need to cover ourselves.  

The next step is water or alcohol which is a very big celebrity, YouTuber, sport star driven market as we consumers have allowed.

But how can we be sold water and alcohol in so many different ways.  To only fuel the other sides lifestyle?  Or to actually quench a need, with a constant revolving door of brands of the day?

I guess I have to drink to survive, and some drinking is for enjoyment, but our markets have allowed for so much choice that it is a blinding force that forces the question of do we need this, is this of any quality, what is left for value and quality.

Water and alcohol are one thing but this is how all products and services are turning into a pool of unnecessary, unreliable, lower quality that continue to denegrate the consumer through increased cost, decreased quality, and an over saturated market driven more by consumer need and choice but by companies that only concern is profit.  

Profit at any cost, especially consumer preference.  

They would rather control that.

Extra Production

I guess its in the margins where we win.

But if its in the meat that we'll spend most of our time, is it worth settling for negative production.

Consumption is what our economy is presicared on, the necessity to crear capitalism.

But, very much in the same way, is the production side.  The empitomate yin and yanf of each other.

However, what occurs in a capitalistic society is capital rules.  So, production is in fact worth much more economically as that is where the extra comes from.  While a consumer uses their extra for consumption and creates a loss of economic "wealth" to fund a necessity.

If fair price is exchanged for the good, then capitalism does not play as significant a role, however, capitalism puts a cash premium on production, so either way, the consumer is going to lose economically to gain a good/service.

Consumption is a necessity to get us through the day: basic food needs, shelter, clothing, these are needs of all at a minimum.   But the consimption of extra is where the margins are lost and won.

I am very bad at feeding my family takeout for most dinners.  For the most part, there is usually a fair exchange for the good, a necessity for human living, however the premium exists and is scalable to the good/service.

To not be one of these 100k plusers, whether that be by college, health, life or otherwise, consumption should not be life' plan, goal, or daily pursuit.

Production.

But production in a vast sense, while these daily musings are my poor attempt at production.

Consumption is easy, albiet exhausting.

Production takes care and thought.