I disagree that today's products are "cheap trash". Consider the automobile, today's entry level Camry is faster, safer and more comfortable than a 1957 Ferrari

I disagree that today's products are "cheap trash". Consider the automobile, today's entry level Camry is faster, safer and more comfortable than a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa. Air conditioning is in over 100 million homes [0], a significant increase from even the 1980s. TVs, telephones and appliances are the same story. The only reason that there is a perception of cheap things is that low cost items didn't exist in the past and were limited to the well off. [0] https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/reports/2009/air-conditioning.cfm https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/reports/2009/air...