Once upon a time when we were young in the days of Camelot, we were told by Vance backward in his book,
The Hidden Persuaders, that we were foolishly manipulated by Madison Avenue and by John F Galbreath in his book,
The Affluent Society that we were squandering our substance on chrome for our automobiles.
The only conclusion for a decent person, government should make these decisions for us, pocket the squandered money and spend it on things liberals like.
Same tune, new melody, we are now alluding to environmentalism as a shoehorn to ultimately restrict consumption of these goods. The no growthers will search out the smallest pocket of your life and, like Packard and Galbreath, save us from ourselves. Not even your iPhone is safe.
Hey, do you commit the sin of taking flow restricters out of your showerheads? Big Sis in the next Democrat admin will send inspectors to put them back in - and charge you a fine!