Simple. It is said that in China, they even sell fake rat poison. Why? If you can grab a handful of skittles, dye them in blue dye and sell them for 5x the cost of a bag of skittles. Multiply that by the number of households and businesses in China with rate problems = overnight millionaire.

One is made in China. The other is made pretty much anywhere else.

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Which brand is that?

I personally dont see gold being able to stop the accumulation of wealth at the top, but we will have to agree to disagree.

I do agree the current system is breaking down.

Not really ... the reason we produce crap, is because people grow more desperate to generate enough money for interest payments and to keep up with inflation.

If we traded via gold for instance, there would be no pressure for financial growth. On the contrary, everyone would save, because gold would just grow more and more valuable over time, as we can't print more gold. Deflation.

Anyway ... the current system is about to end ... and I guess WW3 is the chosen excuse by our elite.

So, duck and cover :(

In my family, knives are never to be given as wedding/engagement gifts. Just a superstition. I think its because of the possibility of gifting a forever gift that can facilitate a forever dirt nap.

I love their bath sheets. Plush Brooklinen for life!

I sharpen my knives on the bottoms of ceramic dishware because my whetstone is filthy

My bag is from early Mexico days before they were popular. Quality is garbage 😭

If she uses a honing knife every once in a while I’d bet these knives finish the year out dull but not useless

Fair point, but whatever dodad people use. Shells, debt, gold or whatever, the system still leads to the same place.

Money as debt isn't capitalism ... Money as debt is more like a very devious ponzi scheme, rewarding those close to the money spigot, while draining everyone else.

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I have a subwoofer by Polk that is a perfect example of garbage. It’s designed with a standby mode and will turn on when the amplifier senses a signal. Well this thing is actually on all the time drawing electricity through 2 crappy capacitors with low tolerances. Over a span of time these capacitors heat too much and eventually fail, leaving the owner to junk the whole thing and start anew.

This thing was designed this way on purpose. If you go online you will see some of the owners who know better will replace these capacitors for less than 5 dollars to bring them back to life.

This is what happens with a lot of devices. They plan them to fail just like this. It’s a racket.

True. Capitalism inevitably leads to all the assets being funneled into fewer and fewer hands.

Money are debt ... that means everything have to "grow" all the time, in order to pay the interests ... forever ... FOREVER!

The system's self destruction is literally built in to its foundation.

Could human perception and values not be changed. I know in my grandparents time, they would buy quality stuff, and you would be thought of as a sucker if you bought something that didnt last for a very very long time.

It would be nice if the government provided incentives or passed restrictions on selling junk here.

I think it could, however that would require a consumer base that actually cared about longevity more than the rush from acquiring the latest greatest shiny thing. Unfortunately that is no longer the world we live in as most of society is more concerned with having the newest thing than buying items that last.

That sounds great for the consumer. But it makes them less money. The only reason to do so would be if you really care about quality or PR. These are the companies you see in this sub.

I have sent a picture of my "no longer working" peeler 2x so far , and they've mailed me a brand new one!

Could that not be a viable business modal though? Pay 25% more for our product, but it lasts you 300% longer.

Thats true. I forgot about that.

Suppose light bulbs cost twice as much but lasted much longer, you would not need to buy them nearly so frequently. Therefore, consumers would spend less money on lightbulbs in a lifetime and the manufacturers would make less money.

Things are often designed to break and force the consumer to purchase new stock. It's known as planned obsolescence.

The only reason to build things to last would be if you cared more about workmanship and pride than economics. While this might be true for individuals, it is almost never true for shareholders and therefore incredibly rare as a company outlook.