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    7 days ago

    This, specifically, has nothing to do with capitalism lol

    Competition exists outside of capitalist hellscapes. Shitty craftsmen and shitty goods exist. It always has, there’s just more people making things. You used to only have access to what your local shopkeeper stocked, now you can get stuff from anywhere. You just had to trust them that it was good which it seems you’re assuming was always true.

    You have to “waste your time” because you care about having a good quality mouse. My mom uses the shitty $3 mouse than came with her refurbished HP workstation and she has no interest in replacing it.

    Picking a (historically) complicated electronic device as an example of how things are worse now certainly was a choice. It’s an increasing niche device, most people don’t even own a desktop.

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      7 days ago

      nothing to do with capitalism

      yes it does lol. isn’t that the entire stated excuse behind the “free market”?

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        6 days ago

        Ohhh I get it now, you don’t actually have a point to make so you just stop reading after the first line of a comment and downvote.

        There are soooo many things about capitalism to shit on but “I have to think about where I spend my money” really isn’t one of them. In any type of society, there will be good products and shitty products. Pretending otherwise is beyond delusional.

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          6 days ago

          i literally quoted and responded to what you had to say. talk about saying unrelated stuff.

          the free market not doing what its said to do is literally one the main fucking things to criticize about it.

          should i even keep responding to someone who doesn’t want to bother interpreting what i literally just typed out? i don’t think i will bother anymore. have a nice day.

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            6 days ago

            You ignored the rest of what I had to say to make an ignorant comment about the first line

            The “free market” is indeed broken but how on earth do you figure it was supposed to lead to top quality goods? The market exists for low, mid, and high quality goods.

            There really is nothing more to be said unless you want to explain how a different system would eliminate crappy goods from the marketplace. But I don’t expect you actually have an answer to that.

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              6 days ago

              please read what i already said again, and just think about how it relates with the things you just typed in this response.