Speak for yourself, sure, and maybe your coworker or family, but not an entire country. Tool libraries and used shops exist in a lot of places in the US. The fa

Speak for yourself, sure, and maybe your coworker or family, but not an entire country. Tool libraries and used shops exist in a lot of places in the US. The fact that you don't have nice tools in local thrift shops is as much a sign that the people in your community hold onto, take care of, share and/or repair their tools as anything else.