An area that I wish more people on either the left or more mainstream economics were talking about is how goddamn shoddy and poorly made everything we have now is.
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Last example- TOWELS! My parents had most of the same towels when I moved out that they'd had when I was a kid. Now, I find we're buying new towels maybe every other year.
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I assume the culprit is capitalism, though I'd love a business reporter to go deeper than that. Why can't I spend more dollars to get better quality goods, even though I desperately want to? Why do I feel cheated and ripped off when I buy the $15 towel instead of the $2 one?
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Something is deeply wrong. Everything in our lives is poorly made, falling apart. It wasn't always this way.
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And, I think part of the problem on the left is that people now under-rate what work can be. Not long ago there were people who did high quality, skilled work making clothes, furniture, shoes, appliances.
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Work is not inherently miserable and exploitative, it just seems so. We've forgotten what a force working class pride can be, in our lives and in our politics.
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