Like, *by default* the operating assumption of the economy is that almost nothing is worth repairing.
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Human labour is more valuable than retail plastic tat.
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Trust me, if I could farm out large-scale maintenance to cheap & skilled foreign labourers, I would.
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More directly to your point, I think we're failing to design consumer goods for maintainability. Especially when it comes to things like smartphones and lots of newer auto parts, the supply-side seems to prefer inexpensive manufacturing over modularity.
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It is a by product of constant upward mobility. Indian households used to store all plastic bags and containers they ever acquired but now they "don't go with the decor".
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It is cultural to some extent I think. The Japanese love getting everything they own repaired. So do the Taiwanese to the extent that they are Japanese culturally. Items range from suitcases to kitchen tools to leatherman jackets. A survey required buthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEmf1Kq2sIARhMpZhSGs_A …
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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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It's harder to automate. New parts are all alike, but every broken product is broken in its own way.
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How'd you maintain the hedonic treadmill, GDP and employment if you repaired rather than replaced?
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Surely, the simpler explanation is that as nations become richer, labour becomes more expensive than capital?
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