'Underconsumption core' trend may lead to economic slowdown
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- As inflation increases, younger American consumers are looking for deals and buying less, potentially triggering an economic slowdown. NBC News Vicky Nguyen reports on the latest trend, "underconsumption core," which glamorizes a frugal lifestyle.
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Is this a joke??? Stop blaming consumers for the recession!!! No one is falling for this, and it's been years!!
Capitalist propaganda has taken over their minds
Underconsumption core? Not the fact that corporate profits risen in orders of magnitude while employee pay has barely, barely inched forward over the past few decades? Kk. And us not spending every penny we dont have is causing economic slowdown...
I swear they're trying dumb-ss excuses on us to see what sticks at this point...
To me this story sounds like an inside job of corporations trying to frighten us into buying useless crap we don't need. To me it's just smart to hold off on wasteful spending. I drive a 15 year-old car and though it would be nice to drive a newer vehicle, I'm happier with a paid off car. Keeping up with the Joneses is what got us into this mess.
@@annmarieknapp I'm happy to hear you got to pay off your car 🙌 congrats to you
When people can't afford to spend, they don't. Shocker.
Or they genuinely are just trying to not consume so much. I was guilty of overspending during covid(like 9k on clothes and other goods) but now got sold most of it and really evaluated what I needed. I get only what I need and it helps keep my apartment from being cluttered and messy. I can afford to buy a lot more but not doing so is saving me a lot of money. In the end these material things really don't provide much value like the bare essentials. Less consumption is better for the wallet and environment.
😂😂
What's cool is when you have money but you realize you've been duped into overspending.
🤭 some of us grew up so poor we count have a locker at school for our books or even PE clothes (they’re new poor, see. We’re old poor.)
No money no problem here's a credit card🎉
don’t buy = it will bring prices down
And yet another excuse for companies to lower quality
Amen
Basic economics from high school.
It will also bring down wages and other people’s jobs.
@@davelassiter392How about we set maximum profits up for company’s and force them to spend their earnings on their employees?
Finally! Let this movement grow! Don't let people's judgment wear you down! If you can reuse, go for it! Don't let judgy eyes spook you!
This is NOT new. Welcome to adulthood everyone! Minimalistic living was the last rebrand.
Even if I had money, I would choose to live like this. It’s nice having less junk, you actually have open space and it actually is cleaner and more sustainable.
What movement. Are you lot just discovering "living within your means"?
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@@cambocontent6732cleanliness is beautiful and liberating
Overconsumption is horrible for the environment it’s truly disgusting and should be shamed
Thank you, Captain Obvious....
Wait till you find out about China
I like the spirit of embracing a minimalist lifestyle and I agree Americans are gluttonous but we are a consumer economy. More consumption means more prosperity
@@toolwithintentionwe created modern China.
@@korlu01 Economics would disagree. More consumption leads to inflation but also higher stock prices. So unless you have a large vestment in the stock market, it's actually not good for the average American who does not own stock. If we commit to reducing consumption, sure the "numbers" of our economy would take a hit like GDP and CPI, but that's not an actual measure of people's happiness and well-being. There's nothing prosperous about buying crap we don't need to end up as garbage polluting our planet.
A) Citizen spends money.
Establishment: Of course you cannot afford to buy a house or to retire. You keep spending money.
B) Citizen doesn't spend money.
Establishment: No, no, no, not like that! You're going to ruin us!!!!
Hahahaahaha! Well put!
Exactly whats happening to China! Young people went on a saving strike and the government is like "oh no"...
I read the last line in Marcus Kincaids voice in Borderlands lol
Understand that when you say "establishment" you're talking about yourself. Simply put, citizen A spends less on citizen B's product, so B has his hours cut and spends less on A's product, and it spirals out of control.
That said, if B is making useless products merely for the sake of overconsumption that makes no one's life better, does B's job really matter to anyone but B?
The title translates as follows: Stop being broke your hurting corporate profits
It sure does! Pompous dweebs!
On top of people being broke and worried about the planet, I think a lot of us are sick of sweat shop labor, sick of clutter, sick of single use plastic, sick of things falling apart/being horrible quality, sick of products being loaded with dangerous chemicals, and sick of the insane trend cycles. If the economy demands that we spend all our time detached from each other, working ourselves to death, just to buy more and more junk, then that’s a pretty dystopian economy. A wake up call for me was dealing with the amount of stuff that boomer age family members left behind after they passed away. You don’t get to take it with you, and in the end 90% of it is just junk that no one else wants.
Seriously. Our over consumption destroys our planet, exploits animals , exploits workers, makes us sick and broke and forever in debt. And then we are told we aren’t successful because we aren’t buying the latest toxic crap. Enough already.
well said!
All truth!!!
If I could live my life over again, I would never have bought all the crap I bought. It is a real burden.
All of the above! I’m committed to using as much of what I have as possible, buying as little and local rather than online, disposing of as little, and buying for memories to leave a positive handprint on the world.
they can't stop hating on this generation for being broke. like we actually want to be broke lol.
apparently you do. You vote so abysmally
Grunge part 2
@@shellysmith1037this astronomical inflation began under Donald Trump. Name one policy Trump enforced that helped the middle class. The Trump tax cuts were effectively socialism but for the rich only. The numbers don't lie
@shellysmith1037 Which major political party wants to do away with the minimum wage? Which major political party is anti-union?
@shellysmith1037 People over 65 get paid to exist and then call everyone younger than them socialists. The irony is palpable. If someone actually runs on getting rid of social security and Medicaid, would you vote for them? Thought so.
Financial responsibility = underconsumption core
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Underconsumption core is just how normal people live.
😂 right? It's just what normal working class people do.
Millennial here, this is what we call “adulting” or as our folks taught us “responsibility” and “budgeting”. Many of us have been doing it all our lives. Granted we didn’t grow up with internet shopping at our fingertips, but it’s a simple concept: Don’t buy things you don’t need just to fit in or keep up with the Jones or influencers. As our grandparents and great-grandparents called it: Common Sense. This is not a new concept.🙄
Overconsumption is a new concept. Folks used to reuse and reuse, fix up, and make the most of things all the time. I love how every couple of years some people discover reusing, recycling, canning, gardening, homemade, etc and act like it’s a “new” thing and they just came up with the notion. 🙄 Those of us who grew up wearing hand-me-downs and shopped at thrift stores before going home to harvest the garden with our parents, then can with our grandparents, are chuckling.
Also, make-up for most people is not essential, so not sure how that figures into underconsumption.
And another aspect of overconsumption is watching way to many social media videos of influencers telling you what to buy or not buy and following trends.
When asked about an errand run my Grandma who lived thru the depression replied - I don’t need a thing. And that’s how she lived her life. Remarkably simple, fuss free, elegant, and effective. That is what I aspire to, not Jonesing, consumerism or Influencer BS.
@@alisons9740My grandma used to wash her paper plates.
Amen!!!
Oh freaking well. We aren’t benefitting from overconsumption, corporations are. They’ll just have to find another way to make their undeserved billions.
Oh no! People living responsibly! Someone hurry up and save capitalism! FFS these billionaires get more and more ridiculous with the news they feed us.
Why don’t we boycott everything for a week and see if they start listening to us?
I wish but it only works if everyone's on-board
I seem to remember seeing something like this was being organized on reddit, and they shut it down. That just goes to show you it's probably the right move.
I'm down
General Strike.
Yes, that's what I say , do it for 3 months , then companies will get it!
So much stuff being advertised online (especially on social media) is literally just garbage and stuff you don't need.
Most of the stuff is garbage no one needs.
Plastic clothes thin as a spiderweb, endless plastic crap from Temu and Google,everybody is selling, selling, selling…..endless consumerism.
Exactly. I’m so turned off from social media now bc of all the advertisements
Right , social media is full of ads, and let’s not forget all the long chains of 2 or 3 people fighting over some off topic subject.
Yea we don't want to give these big corporations and greedy companies more and more money that nobody will ever see again.
It's called being frugal....it's not a trend
Right!
Everything can be a trend if you're an "influencer"... 🙄
This needs to be pinned. It's genuinely infuriates me that it's a "trend."
They said in the video that the phrase is new but the practice isnt...watch the whole videob
@juliuswy we did and it's still dumb. Point stands.
Underconsumption core? Or mindful consumption? Well done us!
Never knew this was viral..I just got tired of looking at all the products in my bathroom. I told myself a few weeks ago, I'm using everything up before buying anything else.
Eventually you get tired of looking at ALL the crap.
At one point, I had several bottles of conditioner collecting dust in my bathroom that didn't do well for my hair. One day, I watched a YT video where a lady mentioned using conditioner as shaving cream! A light bulb went off in my mind. I haven't bought shaving cream in nearly 5 years now! I also buy travel-size bottles of conditioner brands that I haven't yet tried to make sure I like them before committing to the big bottles. The ones I don't becoming my traveling shaving cream 😅.
Right on! I do not need toiletries, paper products, laundry powder or other cleaning products until what we have on hand is all gone. I have 16 ounces of laundry soap left and when that’s gone, I will combine my earth-friendly dish soap with a bit of washing soda to wash clothes.
@@jesshill1007 Same!!!
At the end of last year I told my spouse that we're not buying anything unless we use up what we have 1st, he has 4 things of shave balm and I have what feels like gazillion things of lotions (gifts from sisters) to use up amoung other household stuff
There’s something wrong with an economic system and society that need constant consumption, exponential economic growth, and exponential extraction of resources to be “healthy”. Our economy depends on exponential population growth and consumption to thrive, yet this is only a very short term benefit and screws the future of our society and economy.
Agreed. We're using the wrong measurements. GPD has nothing to do with happiness or well-being. Feels more like for global bragging rights than anything.
You just described the reason why we now have what is known as a false economy. This is exactly what happened before the crash of 1929, the poor and middle class encouraged to buy to keep up the lifestyles of the upper classes. Just another generation of younger executives and financial advisors created this situation and again have to learn what goes up will come down, the hard painful way.
Uninhibited growth for growths sake is what cancer is.
god forbid people find happiness without spending money and fueling the machine of capitalism
The fact this generation will never own a home unless they inherit it or their parents/grandparents are rich, have to worry about layoffs/student loan debt, have to be gouged for rent and basic necessities,are underpaid compared to the cost of living, and now being homeless is illegal along with all public camping. I'm not surprised they're not having kids and are trying to save every dollar they have. I'm surprised the younger generation is even still alive with having to be under these economic conditions. Sure the economy may slow down but that just means big corporations won't make as much money and will be forced to lower the prices. Ask not what the economy can gain but what the economy can do for you!
Go take a look at how people lived during the Depression and during WWII. The era of conspicuous consumption that started after WWII is the anomaly. Few countries insist on the level of material possessions that people in the US do.
@@leavingitblank9363 I've dedicated myself to the time period you speak of, because my grandmother was apart of it. One interesting fact: Housing sizes have doubled or tripled since then, but the average (and perhaps now, even smaller) size of the US family has stayed the same. The only change is that people buy more stuff. Also, most people do not use the majority of their homes, or their items-a rough estimate is 20% of them, and many items are less biodegradable than before.
Polly wanna cracker ?
Plus, younger ppl are getting cancer and dying of it, because of sedentary lifestyle and exposure to environmental toxins.
Im usually not for trends, but I support this one 😅
The boomers told us to stop buying coffee and spending money to buy a house. Now they want us to buy coffee and spend money
Nailed it- Zoomers are hurting the avocado toast industry! Recession!
Boomers could care less what you buy or don't buy...smh. Where do you get your logic from?
@@Yul-Uhlu Um, have your heard all the boomers going off on this generation online - comments, tik tok, social media? I mean I have even heard them in-person many times. This is totally a belief the majority of them share. Look it up.
Boomers are the ones that have lived their whole lives practicing frugality and many are still here to show how its done.
LOL-Boomers are 79-64 years old. They’re mostly retired. When are these senior citizens exerting all this influence? Between pickleball matches?
People: I'm super broke and can't get ahead.
Media: it's just a phase.
underconsumption is a fancy way to say we are broke.
The idea is not just about not having money, but not having money to waste.
If people focus on quality instead of quantity and novelty, they can actually have more.
Not always, being thrifty can leave you with extra money for other more important things
Nah, at best/worst, it's being cheap. The most frugal people I know in my country are an old couple with some really old phones, never dress splashy and drive a really old car. I met them at the museum where I had to put on a show with other artists. They were some of the richest people in the country and owned the museum. Just because you can spend money, doesn't mean you have to(on nonsense you don't actually need anyway).
Being broke is a fancy way of saying that you're cured of hoarding disorder.
That's not exactly true because the moment you cut down on your consumption you increase your savings rate which we definitely need now more than ever the savings rate in the US has been around 4 to 8% for the last 50 years That's simply unsustainable and with those extra savings you can start your own business or go back to school to increase your income if you desire to consumer at the rate you've been doing or increase it do to your increased income so this is a smart play for young folks to do or anyone for that matter.
High prices are what forced me to start spending less. As a result, I've leaned I can do without. So, when (or if) prices come back down, I still won't be spending unless it is necessary.
Awhile back I had an epiphany and decided to try a once a month Amazon cart. After several months I find I rarely need even that. 🤯
Im like that too! The pandemic was good for something lol. I learned I was buying things just to go out for something to do. I don't miss it. I have so many fun hobbies now
Same. I'm now out of the habit of shopping for things I don't need. I don't even browse for things in my free time. I realized I don't want to spend my life browsing and shopping for things I don't need.
This is crazy. Not shopping all the time is NORMAL. It's how people have lived for centuries. People are just trying to get by and have a healthier relationship with consumption, and they're warned that it may damage the economy.
There’s corporate greed, we the people need to be greedy against the corporations.
What about the Democrat government that printed 3 trillion dollars out of thin air and made everything more expensive?
So I take it you don't invest?
Yeah, why not just align your wants with the people destroying the entire world and putting people out on the street. All for money.
Pesky morals or actually wanting to contribute to society holding you back? Tsk tsk tsk
@@osu122975 I do, I invest in myself.
...and when they cut your job because nobody is buying anything you'll have something new to complain about...
Jobs: don’t pay enough
Consumers: Can’t consume
Jobs: *surprised pikachu*
The corporations are being greedy, well, be greedy back.
Been frugal and financially responsible is not "greed"
Or, hear me out, we also don't want to pay high prices for cheap items that break. We would rather pay higher prices for good that will last us a long time, or for items that we can repair ourselves.
Also, they want this generation to have more kids but we spend the same amount, or more, for kids clothing and items that they will outgrow in a few months?
No thanks, as someone who theifted, gardened, canned, and did buy nothing groups before it was trendy.
*Thrifted
So people are still consuming, but not buying overpriced crap that was 1/4 the price 2 years ago. I think the title should be ‘Overinflation has lead to economic slowdown and leading to savings trend.’
Boomers: "Spend more money! We need to grow the economy!"
Younger gens: "Can you please pay us enough to consume more?"
Boomers: "No higher pay! Only spend!"
Younger gens: :/
Who are these boomers who care about what you buy? How will your purchases help these boomers????? Critical thinking is not your forte.
The "media" who sells commercial time to "corporations" is trying to get consumers to blame each other instead of pointing the finger at corporate greed. They wont bite the hand that feeds them, only promote their agenda. So don't buy into their gaslighting manipulations.
I'm a millennial, and I feel this.
Idk what they expect. I'm staying home and playing video games.
If I go out, it's to go hiking, swim, etc.
If I splurge on something, it's to go to natural hot springs.
Everything else is overly expensive and not worth the time it takes for that trickle of money into my bank account.
Paychecks feel like a drop of water in the desert.
Such BS. Every generation starts out adulthood struggling. Stop blaming others for your problems and start solving them yourself. Stop spending all of your income and work harder.
@@zenwilds2911 yeah. I work two jobs to make ends meet and I barely eat out, or do anything outside of reading books.
@@tywebbgolfenthusiast8950 i work 75 hours a week. How many more hours do I gotta do?
our planet needs a break
Too late for that. Our planet is broken. Thanks to past generations who didn't care for the environment.
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We should mail our pollution to mars
@@toolwithintention Why not just send it to the sun? It's easier to go with the gravity of the sun rather than against it anyway.
@@nodata4662 if your fronting that bill, sounds good
Gaslighting people into thinking they just arent spending, thats not it. People are just broke in this economy
No jobs...No Money....No spending.
Haven't you been paying attention? There's been a trend for a long time now of not consuming so much crap. Baby boomers can't get rid of their stuff because younger generations don't want it. The environment is suffering from all the manufacturing: the use of resources, the factory pollution, the unused product. Child labor and poor working conditions from fast fashion. Look any of this stuff up. This is not just about being broke. Pay attention.
Stop blaming average people for the economic downturn when companies making record profits are laying off people en masse.
They don’t want to admit there’s a recession, because that might make people vote for Trump…..
Man where tf am I living lol😂 This is not a trend, this is common sense.
good. we dont need more stuff.
My parents bought a house 10 years ago for 115K - it's now worth 550K. I underconsume because inflation has killed the country and we are worse off than our parents. No boomers, it's not because we are lazy.
I have had the same car for 14 years. I Love my baby girl, Yota. I had my cell phone for 7 years before the screen went completely black, and i was forced to get another. I cut my toothpaste open and scrape inside it. I get good use out of everything until it's runs completely out.
Better hope your transmission and engine are serviced regularly. Otherwise, those cars will crap on you before you know it.
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@@Austin-wz5xk just get a Toyota
@@misaka3468 Ironically, I've had three Toyota transmissions going out on me before 150k miles.
@@Austin-wz5xk if any service on this car costs me more than $1000. I will get a new one.
Please, this is not the reason there is an economic slow down. That's insulting.
The elephant in the room is poverty. We just don't have money to spend.
And even if we did, it’s better for us and the planet to get things that last
Privileged people say to poor people, "Don't spend money if you don't have it, stay frugal and responsible!"
Poor people, "OK, we won't spend money and we will be responsible."
Privileged people, "No wait, not like that! You're hurting the economy!"
Poor people, "OK, then how about some financial assistance to help us help keep the economy flowing?"
Privileged people, "No, that's socialism! If you don't have money, don't spend it! Be responsible!"
Lather, rinse, repeat...
When companies don't move product they are forced to reduce prices.
Uhm... not exactly. Depends. Not many people buy Lamborghinis because of their high price point but its value won't go down.
If on the other hand, eggs 🥚 aren't selling because of cost, because it's a food item with short shelf life, prices would come down. 🤓
@@alphaomega1351 There are many magnitudes less of Lambos than than are eggs for sale in the world so not exactly the best example comparison, but I see where you're coming from.
Depends on the companies cost to produce. Eggs don't lay themselves.
@@alphaomega1351what a stupid example😂
@@alphaomega1351 Lamborghinis are meant to be a luxury product and they are one to the point where they can choose who is allowed to buy them, same goes for other luxury cars of that caliber.
This is great. Greedy corporations pushing up prices unnecessary, they will now feel the impact of that. I only buy what I need and/or what I have on a list. I list shop and walk past temptations and don't buy unnecessary things.
People are broke.
We had a chance to vote for Yang.
$1,000/month to every US citizen would have been a good economic boost.
All it took was the ultra mega corporations to give a tiny amount of the taxes they were evading.
We had a smart Asian dude do all the numbers for us, and we didn't vote him president.
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@zenwilds2911 Good point. I like Yang. He should be apart of the next administration. Take the best from all parties and the USA would be enjoyable.
I feel like every time there is a segment about these trends, the news tends to blame them for the economic woes. The same thing when they talk about low birth rates in order to sustain potential workers of the future, who are supposedly, sustain social security. I just had enough.
The supposed problem with social security can easily be fixed by raising the income cap, I think anyone making over $150,000 doesn't pay any extra towards social security...even if they make $10 Million or more. Its wrong to blame the poor
This has everything to do with the economy. Everything is getting expensive and people are trying to spend less.
Mentioning there might be an economic slowdown is not blaming them for economic woes. The economy has been on an artificial high for a long time. There's more to a healthy economy than just a soaring stock market.
For me going out to eat means taking food to the park and have a picnic
Are we seriously blaming the recession on poor people now??!
Title should be... "Economic slowdown lead people to realise they were brainwashed into overconsumming".
WORD!
This is how all people should buy stuff
Under consumption? How about overcharging?
How can people "consume" if they don't have money?
Because they're so greedy that they're telling themselves that we have money, we're just not spending it in their stores.
My shoes and clothes never seem to wear out even after years and years of use, so I continue using them.
We stopped consuming in 2022 when inflation wiped out all earning gains. Economy is still booming for the 1% that own 95% of all assets. The rest of us are wiped out trying our hardest to afford an apartment since we'll never afford a home.
yeah corporate greed has hit its max the only way corporations will listen is if you dont buy the product simple
This is the most offensive framing of the oligopic corporate takeover of our society that I've ever read.
AND WHERE DOES THIS PROBLEM COME FROM, YOU THINK???? Absolutely vapid content.
Word!!!
It would help if fast food didn’t cost more than an hour’s pay and if more Americans could afford groceries. Stop blaming people who are just doing their best.
Are we blaming folks for not having money again?
I think underconsumption core is fantastic and I am so proud of the younger generation for embracing this! It is so much more sustainable, it is better for the environment and it is wonderful to see them take a shot at capitalism. Capitalism is toxic. Economic growth is not infinite and I hope the younger generation is serious about showing that we have to stop and sustain at some point. The Rich have enough now, they have taken enough and the youth don't want to keep filling their pockets even more. This younger generation has realized that there are limits to what we can do to this planet! MORE POWER TO OUR YOUTH!
When the system starts freaking out, you know you're doing the right thing
It’s called poverty most people can’t even afford a a grocery haul
Consumers overspending = consumers are being irresponsible and overstretch themselves. Consumers reduce their spending = consumers will drive the next recession. It’s always our fault isn’t it.
Focusing on quality, not quantity.
Underconsumption 'glamorizes' spending less
We broke, babe.
We're not glamorizing being broke. We simply have no money.
Good! 99% of items in stores are useless garbage.
Corporate greed is causing the economic slowdown!
@queensheeeeba, No, actually the opposite. It's the corporations' push to try to get people to spend more that has cause the economy to boom. If people would ignore all the marketing, they'd automatically slow their purchasing, and THAT causes the economy to slow down.
Remember y'all! Libraries are free, garage sales are lucrative, and if you think you need something, you probably already own it :)
How can I buy when I can't find a job? My employer shipped my job to India. Go ask Rahul to buy from American stores.
"Frugal" or "cheap" is a lot fewer syllables. Been living "underconsumption core" for 35 years, before it was cool. 😂
stop buying unnecessary stuff!
Imagine that cost of living keeps going up, now the goverments wondering why the sheep arent breeding or consuming as much
If women just plain stopped having babies….the governments worldwide would panic.
Finally..we have hope for humanity
The cost of living is a rip off.
We don’t need a bunch of junk
If only media was as attentive to price gouging as it was to indictment of our reaction to it.
Making poverty trendy is probably a good idea the way things are going.
Just say no to corporate greed across the board, corporate tv too. Less is much more.
I’m one of these that will wear out items before buying new stuff. I don’t care for brand names or buying all this new junk. I don’t want junk, period. I’m saving my money for only items that I absolutely cannot live without. I have no problem shopping and buying at a goodwill store and I regularly take items to be donated in an effort to clear my house of stuff. I’m confident with myself and I don’t need stuff or cars or junk to fulfill me or to make me happy.
Ah yes. Poor people who can’t afford to buy anything are the reason the slowdown is happening. Excellent reporting.
I use the "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle " Moto. So many items can be repurposed and reused with a little imagination. Also you can create new outfits out of older pieces by just buying one or two new tops.
I screeched to a halt with buying stuff about a year ago.
They are raising the cost of second hand clothing and other items that humble people depend on for their livelihood.
I’ve been doing this all my life. It’s called being poor.
My husband and I have lived this way for 32 years regardless of the economy. Buying generics instead of name brands, shopping at goodwill, making do with what you have rather than buying new stuff all the time. To save on electricity we use solar lights on the inside of the house (removable panels), use a clothes lines in the backyard instead of a dryer, and use fans instead of running the whole house air conditioner.
Even second-hand clothes are expensive at Goodwill, thanks to influencers 😢😢
Underconsumption also leads to lower inflation
✅ exactly but the powers that be don't want anyone hurting corporations' feelings (corporations are people according to SCOTUS)
"Underconsumption (Is that even a word?) core"?
Is that what we're calling living within your means?
Also, can we agree that "Influencers" ENTIRELY need to go away?
How dare they under consume!😡😤
Big surprise. Saving money is popular.
This great. I’m sick of people saying things like “if you can’t afford XXXXX, just say that”. NO. Even though I *can* afford it, I’m not going to be a slave to materialism and frivolity.
I have always shopped this way. Clearance racks, thrift stores. My daughter hated it when she was in middle school. Now she is grown up and shops like this herself.
Same story with my mom and I! Now I love tag sales and I hated going to them growing up.
This is called "making the most with what you have" and it's not a trend.
It's called , being poor, I'm glad brats are realizing that glamour is a trap to keep you poor. ❤
@@alanholguin3609 I choose not to spend money on junk. You don’t have to be poor.
this needs to be viral... because we need to freeze the GREED of big corporations!!!
Why does this video appear to criticize people for saving money and reducing waste?
You can’t have consumer based economy when the consumer can’t afford to consume 😂
The causation isn’t the correlation here. The economic downturn has been here for over a year underconsumption core just started trending because people realized there’s no point in wanting more since we’re all broke
Absolutely disgusting how much news organizations miss the point or even the reality we are living through.