The Light bulb Conspirancy

Back in time the products made were produced to last, which meant quality was better than quantity. Since the 1920's planned obsolescence was created and therefore a cartel that worked in order to reduce the life spam of products such as the light bulb. The light bulb became the first product to be affected by planned obsolescence. A normal light bulb back in time lasted for 26.000 hours while after the creation of planned obsolescence it only lasts for 1000 hours. By doing this the demand continuous light bulbs and have a constant profit fro the company.

This planned obsolescence bring a negative repercussion to the environment because all the wastes that are left of the old products. Ghana is now used as the world biggest dumper because all the wastes go there. specialists say that if happiness is related to consumption, that won't be true because in the times of Marx people bought
26 times less than today, people are less happy today than in the past.


This picture shows the wastes in Ghana.
Taken from Spain Arts & Culture