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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because there's no money in getting people to use less. Persuasion in capitalism is about marketing. It's about convincing people to buy things they don't need.

[–] memfree@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

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