Archive talk:000/Clothing

To start

Intro: In first-world countries, a large percent of people are trying to de-clutter their homes. They have more things than they have space for. Donating things is certainly better than throwing things out, but still, thrift stores & charities are overrun with items. They themselves have to throw them out or shred them and recycle them. Fundamentally, first-world countries have too many second-hand things and not enough people wanting them. Meanwhile, some of those items might be highly sought after in other countries. Headings

• Analysis needed
  • Clothing ownership per capita by country
  • Demand for different material things, by country
  • Space to store things - homes vs other spaces, by country
• Perspectives
  • That article (find it again) about the traditional Nigerian tailor saying how the market is "polluted" by donations from the first world
    • He has a point when talking about warm sweaters and coats not needed in Nigeria
    • But it ignores the perspective of other Nigerians who don't sell clothes, and might need clothes. Sellers want less abundance in the market - everybody else doesn't. Also, keep in mind, the clothes he sells are hand crafted and labor intensive. Maybe not the most scaleable way to meet human needs.
    • If it turns out that clothes are not in high demand in Nigeria, there are still probably other countries where they are. See analysis needed.

Also, maybe all of this could be in a page called stuff or clutter instead.

173.206.3.70 16:22, 21 June 2022 (EDT)