I think it's more about getting rid of the over saturation of consumerism. It really has nothing to do with being an Entrepreneur. It's more a movement of cleaning up the earth of all the trash of materialism.
This is coming down to Environmentalism. Which it is bringing in the questions of what we're inventing, why we're inventing it, and really at 48 years old, when I walk in all the stores and see how much materialism there is brand new, and then walk in thrift shops, estate sales, garage sales, yard sales, flea markets, and antique malls, we are way over board in materialism in the world, and just keep creating more and more decade after decade.
Let's say 40 years from now, how much more junk is sitting somewhere on the planet in some river, lake, ocean, forest, in the ditch. I think this is what they're getting at, is we're already over saturated with materialism.
When my great grand parents lived, they didn't have a television in every room of the house, five mobile phones in the family, five laptops, five tablets, and every game system. And when just these few items are dead or broken, what do you do with it? It ends up somewhere on the earth and piling up.
I think it's more of Entrepreneurs creating products that are more environmentally friendly. Not so much they stop creating products.
Even working at a Department Store for many years, I understand I was pulling off the shelves expired items. You have a lot of damaged products from shipping or returns from customers. Usually businesses have to dispose of these products and the question is where, when, and how?
Every Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter is usually when they clearance out stuff, while they bring new items in. Which I know there is always left overs that also get tossed somewhere.
I believe the whole idea is living a life where your conscious and aware of how much materialism you need in your home. I mean you have hoarders who could open their own thrift shop just by open the doors to their home.
Pack rats and save everything under the sun. And you can find this in the wealthy, side walk, and slow lane.
I was in one house one time the people were very wealthy, and they had more books on three floors, they could open a library. Not to mention enough antiques to open an antique store.
As a nurse aide, I've seen it all. lol I think this is why I'm not so much motivated by materialism as many people. I believe Entrepreneurship to me is adding value to society, but that possibility is a million different opportunities, and not always based on materialism alone.
You have people who want to take the grave yard of Airplanes and make homes out of them. I believe people don't really understand how many brand new cars are just sitting somewhere because no one bought them.
Yet we keep creating new vehicles. This is the type of stuff I think their trying to get at.
If you have a million Jeeps you didn't sell in 2019, perhaps we don't need to make a million more Jeeps in 2020. That's blowing it out of proportion.
For the consumer, do you need five cars in your drive way if you only have two people in your house?
I understand what their getting at, but really we've created it since the 1950's to the extent it is today in 2019. While you had Entrepreneurs before, I don't believe it was ever this bad with how many products are out there.
Just in the shampoo isle, you can spend a half hour just deciding which shampoo you want to try.
With UPC codes you know what product sells and doesn't sell in a geographical location and of course when it doesn't get sold it ends up in some store that buys the excess, and sometimes they don't even get rid of it.
So there's a great amount of hygiene products alone like Shampoo, toothpaste, soap, skin, health products which expire and go to waste.
I believe it's just simply waste control, versus Minimalism.
As some Entrepreneurs are getting ideas about how to get rid or plastics. Which is quite fascinating since it was a big thing for awhile.
We have issues with garbage dumps in countries.
