Like, *by default* the operating assumption of the economy is that almost nothing is worth repairing.
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“Ending is better than mending; ending is better than mending.”
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Is that a quote from somewhere
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It's harder to automate. New parts are all alike, but every broken product is broken in its own way.
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Off the top of my head: many consumer scale things aren't about the thing itself but about the experience (of agency and excitement) surrounding choosing and acquiring the thing. Replace lets you have that again.
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Simpolism speaks truths, and the pinnacle of this phenomenon is the "unboxing video"
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It's simply that disposal costs are treated as externalities.
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Relative labor costs. Cheaper to mass manufacture something new in SE Asia than custom repair something in the US.
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I mean its largely driven by regulatory capture Right to repair is the latest fight over the rules but this stuff goes back at least a centuryhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a25246/right-to-repair-legislation-under-fire-in-nebraska/ …
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Human labour is more valuable than retail plastic tat.
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