Why everything you buy is worse now

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Some random notes:

Ordering on Amazon without looking at the item. Consumer engineering (planned obsolescence).

Cost cutting to satisfy customer. Swap for cheaper materials like synthetic fabric. Plastic+glue instead of metal+screws.

Stuff that is intentionally impossible to repair.

Missing the elephant in the living room: The money keeps losing its value, and manufacturers have no choice to keep reducing quality because consumers would rather buy a slightly worse product at the same price rather than the same product at a higher price.

And the reason the money loses its value is because the Federal Reserve exists.

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