• Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1431·
    1 year ago

    There’s a lot more to unpack here then it being a car ad.

    “old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in” is a completely foreign concept in modern society.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      64·
      1 year ago

      On the part of the company as well.

      If your customer’s kids go to college, they’ll grow up to earn more money that they can spend on pointless expensive cars in the future.

      But we need to chop down that tree for firewood. Not because they’re cold, but because they like a nice pile of firewood.

    • HugeNerd@lemmy.caEnglish
      513·
      1 year ago

      That’s a proverb I heard many times from Russian acquaintances.

      Why do you hate freedom?