Anyone who grew up in France will fondly remember Duralex glasses - made of thick tempered glass, they are practically indestructible. They're still available,

Anyone who grew up in France will fondly remember Duralex glasses - made of thick tempered glass, they are practically indestructible. They're still available, they just fell out of fashion because capitalism affords us the luxury of choice. Consumers prioritise factors other than durability, because they can afford to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duralex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duralex Here in the UK (and I believe in the US) there was a peculiar fad in the 1970s for gas stations to give away a free glass with the purchase of a tank of fuel. Such profligacy would be unimaginable under communism, not for any philosophical reason, but simply because they lacked the productive capacity.