I was unable to find the comment now, but a comment about fabric quality bothers me to this day: Paraphrased: "The clothes had longer lives back then, because

I was unable to find the comment now, but a comment about fabric quality bothers me to this day: Paraphrased: "The clothes had longer lives back then, because we were unable to weave fabric that thin (i.e. low quality). Since we can do now, we do it." IOW: Things are more expensive and lower quality, because we want you to buy more things and spend more, so we can make more monies.