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This mindset is why everything is getting worse and waste is increasing. By now we should have exceptionally long lasting engineered products at low prices bec

• gruez 3y ago
  If a car is half the price and lasts half as long, what's the issue? Why do we need to gatekeep car ownership for people that can't afford to buy a car that lasts 2 decades? You bring up waste as an issue, but I don't see anything intrinsically wrong with waste, aside from any externalities associated with it. If that's what you're concerned about, those should be taxed at the source, rather than letting that slide but trying to regulate it by enforcing minimum durability standards.
  • trial3 3y ago
    > aside from any externalities associated with it lol "i don't see any problems with waste aside from the problems with waste" have you ever see those drone shots of children playing on 90ft mountains of fast fashion discards in chile and ghana or whatever? when you watch that, do you nod along sagely because the free market working perfectly and that's comforting for you also, i disagree with the premise that we are "gatekeeping" car ownership unless we race to the bottom. you can buy used cars!
    • gruez 3y ago
      >lol "i don't see any problems with waste aside from the problems with waste" And if you read the sentence right after, you'd see my alternate proposal rather than trying to set an arbitrary durability threshold. >If that's what you're concerned about, those should be taxed at the source, rather than letting that slide but trying to regulate it by enforcing minimum durability standards.
    • AndrewKemendo 3y ago
      That’s a good description of the insane dystopia we’re all culpable in. Born into this nightmare with no ways out
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