Or have lower class families been buying plastic to increase the appearance of their quality of life for 6+ generations?
I get that we're going through mega-inflation since covid. Even before that, if you bought whole foods and clothes that aren't plastic (nylon), the ol' paycheck only stretched so far.
I'd really like to pick the brain of a self-aware Boomer and find out how long it's been like this.
Seems to me like lower-class people actually do less worrying than middle-class when it comes to waste. The idea that lower-class people are these virtuous and frugal paragons in contrast to the middle-class just seems a bit romantic. I've lived among them myself and was disillusioned through experience.