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>much higher quality and consistency than artisans.

Consistency, sure.

Higher quality...? I'll take my artisan bread over Wonder bread, my hand-crafted table over Ikea, etc.

Just looking at the finely woven shirt I'm wearing right now, and I'm sure the average 17th-century artisan was not able to hand-craft something like that.

Textiles is one of the first industries that was impacted by the industrial revolution, so it's unsurprising that the product is now as perfect as it can be. On the other hand I wonder how affordable it would be if it was not produced in low-income countries.

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