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Originally Posted by blankall
I think the above is true of people living in the 1950s and earlier. It doesn't apply to the baby boomers.
Peolpe in the 1950s may not have had as many electronics devises, but both careers and houses were much mroe readily available than they are now.
I think the excess of consumer products has moer to do with those products falling in price than peolpe being more frugal. I suspect that people spent a similar proportion of their income on those things. It just happened that a black and white television cost far more than a widescreen plasma does now.
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I think the culture of unnecessary replacement of perfectly good things actually started in the late 80's really. Since the 70's our whole veiw of what a family needs has become essentailly upper middle class no matter what we earn which is why we now borrow ourselves ito the ground.