I have decided to buy only gray socks, so all my new socks are indeed identical.
The point is that there is a limit to the number of things people will buy.
Here in Miami, and perhaps in other places, the mattress companies have decided to convince people that they need to change their mattress every eight years. They have this ad where they tell people that every year your mattress soaks up gallons of sweat and half a pound of skin flakes. They show this by pouring salt and water on a sponge.
This is a good way to convince people to buy a mattress PAD and wash the sucker often, perhaps, and maybe put a sheet of vinyl under it. But not convincing to buy a mattress every eight years. The skin flakes will mostly be washed out in the laundry. The sweat evaporates.
Again, if all products are made with robots, and people have no jobs and therefore no money, who will buy those products?
The ultra righties are squawking about how unemployed people are not paying taxes and leaving taxes up to them to pay. They have far more money than they ever had, and will not employ people. This makes no sense.
Every time I drive by the Port of Miami, there is another rusty ship or two piled high with used mattresses and bicycles, bound for Haiti.