Designed scarcity: Why carrying your own water bottle is now a political act.
Right to safe water access is eroding with aggressive commodification of the resource for capital-intensive consumer sectors.
- The commodification of water highlights a troubling trend where basic human needs are overshadowed by consumerism.
- This shift is evident in restaurants and hotels, where natural water is replaced by costly branded bottles.
- Containing water for capital accumulation such as tech and AI infrastructure is leading to a collapse of the ‘water-diamond paradox’ in the value-utility dynamic of resources.
