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The alternative is what we had 50 years ago, quality products, quality mindset, longer term thinking. With how the corporations are set up today, it makes sens
by kesor 5y ago
The alternative is what we had 50 years ago, quality products, quality mindset, longer term thinking.
With how the corporations are set up today, it makes sense for them to reduce wages and quality to the minimum. Corporations only see the profit in the near term, and really don't care about the future of mankind on the long term all that much - those who do get crushed by competition.
There is some talk about faking it with ESG mandates, I personally doubt its anything more than lip service.
- Broken_Hippo 5y agoI don't think we had a "quality mindset" at the time. We were just limited in technology. Example: Safety features make cars better quality, yet manufacturers haven't exactly lined up to implement them early. We didn't take arsenic fabrics off the market for... well, a long time. I don't know about you, but I expect a quality product not to poison me. We used to sell breads with additives in them if we could. "Quality mindset" is just a scam of nostalgic thinking. The products were simply different back then.
- rosndo 5y agoReally been chugging the survivorship bias kool-aid, haven’t we?
- thinkharderdev 5y ago50 years ago would be 1972. In 1972 if you were filling up the gas tank of the best-selling vehicle you would be filling the gas tank of a VW Beetle with gasoline infused with a potent neuro-toxin. None of that screams quality or long-term thinking to me.