That's not at all the point he was arguing, tho. His entire article is about BIG GOVERNMENT and how low flow toilets and showerheads are categorically inferior, which is very different than 'stuff today is cheap and poorly made.'
Not at all. The only reason things are as they are today is for the lusting of dollars. Force people to use toilets that die inside a few years, with the cover being environmental concerns, meanwhile companies sell sell sell. Is the concept of politicians only working FOR companies alien to you?