Ahmed wrote:(...) the orientations of the industrial mode of production do not simply result from the action of consumers (otherwise we find ourselves in the illusion of the consumer actor or exnihilian reductionism). Indeed, on the one hand, far from being satisfied with "responding" to a demand, industries are forced to arouse it among those I call "consumer workers" (...)
The economic system tends to maximize its capacity for future actions (1), therefore in the context of the so-called consumer society it is logical that companies seek to constantly develop new products to increase their profits (2) .
It then follows a process of artificial selection where consumers "choose" the (succumb to) products most likely to contribute, in view of the given model, to their "satisfaction" (3).
Globally, the Large Useless & Imposed Works as you rightly call them are the consequence of the inertia of thought models within the dominant class (4) and aims to maintain efficiency, not to say mismanagement so that the complexes ideas are perpetuated and saturate all spaces.
It is the same in the military-industrial sector where war administrations tend to justify their portfolio increases through real or supposed threats, or as in recent decades, created from scratch.
1) which is the characteristic of intelligence (in the naturalistic sense of the term).
2) Increase your profits = maximize your capacity for future actions.
3) Satisfaction based on a close convergence of physiological and psychological needs and ideologies implemented via the media.This is why manufacturers are resorting to significant expenditure in marketing strategy. For example, the world leader in defense (
Lokheed Martin) is also a specialist in marketing safety consulting for other sports equipment supplier
Nike.
4) Latest: "Le grand Paris".
"Engineering is sometimes about knowing when to stop" Charles De Gaulle.