I used to travel a lot for business - and I have to say one of THE most depressing things about traveling around this country over the past 30 years or so is to watch it become slowly and COMPLETELY homogenized.
Even forgetting who makes the products and all the profit for a moment - just the fact that everything is so cookie cutter is alarming.
It used to be that I'd love to travel to a new place around christmas because I'd probably be able to find some unique gifts for family members. Something nobody's seen before. Nothing crazy just something a little different and unusual.
But as the years went on - I noticed more and more familiar stores, no matter where I went.
It's to the point now where you can go across the country to any retail area and feel like you're back home - the stores are EXACTLY the same - all of them - the fast food places, the retail stores, hardware stores, book stores - they're all identical.
You can't find anything unique. Some of the store names may differ slightly, but they're still the same thing, carrying the same products.
Christmas shopping has turned into a standardized list for different age groups - you could print a list off the computer of what every child in america wants. There's only about 10 items on it, and it's the same for all of them.
That list continues to get shorter because if it doesn't fit in an Iphone, nobody really wants it.
Eventually one store - like Walmart - will just carry pre-boxed christmas gift selections. You'll go to the store - but a box set for 16 year olds, and one for 14 year olds, one more Wife assortment, and you'll be done. They'll open it up and get all 10 gifts off the standard list.
That's where we're headed.
Then, why bother having different stores selling the same thing? Just one super store is all we need for our non-iphone-necessities.
And - what the heck, might as well have the government run it so we're all treated fairly.
And by fairly I mean prices will be adjusted according to your income. Make 100 grand a year and your milk costs $15.00. 30 grand and it's only 2. Fair is fair.
Sounds crazy - but I honestly don't think we're all that far away from this.
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