It's painful to see so many examples of hallmarks of quality or even just signals of niche culture hollowed out and used as a facade on inferior products. Some

It's painful to see so many examples of hallmarks of quality or even just signals of niche culture hollowed out and used as a facade on inferior products. Sometimes it really does feel like late stage capitalism (especially MBAs) is gradually ruining much of the fruit it made plentiful. This pursuit of pennies sucks the soul out of anything it touches. There's value in lasting quality, and as I've gotten older I've learned to appreciate goods that reflect a respect for the art of the trades that produced them, like solid tools, or over-engineered appliances from decades past, where a little extra material is the difference between just out of warranty failure and indefinite use. But I suppose the real problem that the average person doesn't notice and/or care.