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Only if we believe we all need to have massive amounts of stuff. The world did fine with making what people needed prior to assembky lines and outsourcing .
Yes and no, on one side you are right and consumerism in our culture is to blame. But on the other hand, the costs of living today in many parts of the world would make this kind of localised crafts just impossible. Workers wouldn't earn enough and the products would be prohibitively expensive.
A lot of cost of living cost (rent/housing costs) are basically artificially created out of a combination of corporate and NIMBY s.
Higher cost items isn't necessarily a bad thing. If prices goes up but they last 5 decades it's fine
Am t saying something offensive or ridiculously stupid? Just wondering because of the downvotes.
Answering to you: yes, and more to my point. It's not just one thing you need to fix, it's the whole system. And by cost of living I didn't mean just rent. I meant everything, food, transport, utilities etc. I'll just do my best while I can.
You didn't say anything offensive or ridiculously stupid, no.
Most I'd have is a mild disagreement with the statement that it's impossible to have local places--I feel like only minor adjustments would be needed for many goods in relation to that.