To suggest that people should buy less stuff

[Noras]

i just think that the mess we are in is because we get stuff from overseas that we don’t really need. People buy a lot of tat and junk eg cheap clothing, rubbish confectionary and artificial tat for homes. If we all just cut down on huge chunks of it we could cut out our balance of payment deficit.

Also people need to buy less from overseas owned companies. People need to check each and every company they buy from and go for smaller independents etc There needs to be an online list of stores to avoid.

Wrong thread?

No I was responding to the previous comment:

"I do think part of this is the crap customer service these days which puts people off human interaction. Especially in places like fast food places or convenience stores/petrol stations, where the person you speak to barely speaks at all, no eye contact, just grunting and certainly no manners. Human interactions are getting less and less enjoyable when you keep coming up against this."

Some I get a friendly enough but...
Today I had Nigel Farage in disguise
He started on about the boats and exact words ..send the cunts back!!

I told him I've no problem with immigration and our home grown scum had caused me more problems (life in a block of flats)
End of conversation.

That is ridiculous and wasteful

Inequality is at the root of this behaviour. It's all in the Temu strapline, "shop like a billionaire". Poorer people encouraged to buy lots and lots of stuff, which they can do because it's so cheap, to feel like they have the resources of wealthier people.
This behaviour isn't going to change until we remove the shame caused by such rife inequality in this country.