Topic: Which of your needs have been created by capitalists? - page 2. (Read 237 times)

One clear example to answer this thread is the content of another thread we were discussing days ago regards the yearly launchment of new Iphone models by Apple.

People don't need to buy a new Iphone each new year, but they still do it, anyway, because they are heavily influenced by a wild capitalist mindset. Some people even create huge debt and waste a lot of money in order to do that, what prejudices their financial development.

However, another needs we have such as sugar free food and goods or tools which bring comfort and accessibility to our lives, make total sense to be acquired if you think from your health's point of view, depending the individual.

I don't believe that these substitutes are better than natural sugar. Most of these so-called healthy forms of sugars are chemically produced and might even bring bigger health problems. The reason why these firms might be pushing consumers to buy these perceived healthy products is to cut production costs. Maybe buying natural ingredients or materials costs more than artificial ones. However, these companies have developed different catchy advertisements to entice people to accept these new products. They even go as far as financing researchers in colleges and institutions that will come up with findings which will favour or promote the business.

Almost everything we use is created by capitalists. You would have to go back to the Stone Age to avoid using these products. But I try as much as I can to reduce my consumption of artificially produced food.

Human consumption needs are actually created by marketing and trends. Sugar is a clear example, where a natural desire is transformed into something more complex due to the variety of new products and choices offered. We need to be more objective in understanding what we really need.

This thread went off on a tangent from what I expected it to be, reading the subject title. To answer the question, most of our needs are & always have been created by capitalists. You drive to work, cars built by capitalists. You drink water, it’s naturally sourced but by government funded capitalist water companies. You heat your home, capitalist corporations provide the gas heating. The clothes we wear, made in factories, probably in China by kids indirectly controlled by capitalist clothing brands. We need capitalism, the world wouldn’t thrive without it.

Indeed, marketing had effectively altered what we consider to matter - such as sugar-turned it into a vital concern of health. As a result, the number of choices in relation to such concerns has burgeoned. It demonstrates how social influence alters personal choices. The intake of sugars is merely part of that larger trend that has made our natural strategies more than commercial impacts and health adoption. This brings to the fore important questions regarding whether consumption has been brought about merely by the individual's decisions or to what extent it is a product of social prescripts.


Raised some interesting points on the dynamics of the sugar industry. and public perceptions of past policies on public consumption It is true that awareness on the health risk of sugar has increased, and consumers are increasingly making conscious choices; most consumers opt for low or no sugar products. Introducing sugar substitutes makes it all the more complicated. more complex Because sugar substitutes can have their own health issues. That is something many people may not understand.

One of the steps in maintaining healthy is focusing on what one eats, avoiding very processed foods, and thus being mindful of what one is taking while seeking to have a balanced nutritious diet. Can we not teach people more about these possible dangers of sugar substitutes? Especially now that they market it as a healthy option, how can they be allowed?

Because the capitalists bribed the researchers to claim sugar is healthy, that's make people don't care to consume a lot sugar.

However, people are now aware if sugar is unhealthy, so people mostly choose less sugar or no sugar. But, the capitalists are still trying a way to add sugar even the product claim to be sugar free/no sugar, instead they add sugar substitutes which is more dangerous if you consume it regularly.

Always eat organic foods, don't eat shitty high processed foods, juice, etc.

Human nature is essentially a collection of needs. All needs eventually manifest in human behavior, becoming evident through repeated consumption choices.But in this society, many of our consumption behaviors are artificially created. Take sugar, for example. It has gone through multiple iterations. In the past, no one paid much attention to it or sought high sweetness. Now, under various forms of marketing, people have developed anxieties about their body shape and health. As a result, we have sugar-free, sugar substitutes, zero-calorie sugar, and arabinose, all appearing in the ingredient lists of various products.