Read this quotation by Alexis de Tocqueville who toured the

Last updated: 8/24/2023

Read this quotation by Alexis de Tocqueville who toured the United States in 1840 I accost an American sailor and I inquire why the ships of his country are built so as to last but for a short time he answers without hesitation that the art of navigation is every day making such rapid progress that the finest vessel would become almost useless if it lasted beyond a certain number of years The theory outlined in this quotation is the same one companies apply to a marketing strategy called disposable goods buy now pay later Oshort order renewal planned obsolescence Complete Later Complete R th Que 9 1 5