This is just my opinion on a few matters, take it how you will.... I realize some are pipe dreams and making them realities would not be easy. We should have more sensible choices the benefit us all without regressing into an authoritarian communist nightmare.
Planned obsolescence should be illegal. If you don't know what this is, you should look into it for yourself. Think designed to break or fall apart to ensure you buy more. Ex light bulbs, car parts and break after warranty designs.
Cartel type monopolized industries should be flooded with competition. Think eye glasses, telecommunications, diamonds or any other artificially inflated price industry. See well known media conglomeration of power (6 companies own everything). Then each of these media companies are involved in oil, pharmaceutical, finance etc. Pick an industry and follow the money backwards.
We should not be charged a exuberant profit for utilities that do not require the price we are charged to continue to function. Our previous ancestors were charged taxes to create power, water and other infrastructure. Upkeep costs are minimal compared to profit based scam. Ex. 200 billion dollar broad band scam, smart meters, water meters.
We can all protect our environment for ourselves and the future generations without setting up this 'global warming - charge you for the carbon you breathe out, type permanent payment system the elites are trying to enforce. Ex. Agenda 21, carbon tax, 'new' green deal.
All things should be debated and discussed without reverting to shill type tactics, name calling and diversion. Through meaningful discourse can we advance things for all.
My simple rant on planned obsolescence went a little longer than planned.
This is just like typical liberal blabber.... complain without proposing any real solutions. I suppose we should all get rid of planes, cars and maybe even houses. We can go back to living in shacks, or maybe even caves. Then we can use a horse & buggy and zeppelins for air transportation. Hey, why not, none of this would have a negative impact on our economy or way of life. And guaranteed nobody around the world would starve to death from it. It'll be perfect, a outright utopia that the libs want!
The thing that the libtards fail to realize is that the free market is the best solution for any of these woes. In other words, if there was something better, we'd be doing it and someone would be getting rich from it. Therein lies the issue... there's nothing better (yet). You can't power a 747 with solar or batteries. Also, a recent study has shown that electric cars have severe issues with distance (battery charges) when the temps drop below 20deg F. That would be great for our economy if all vehicles were electric... For several months out of every year all those darn tractor trailers hauling goods would have to stop every couple hundred miles to recharge their batteries. No, it's complete idiocy for the likes of AOC and her ilk only.
If you're such a genius to raise the issue, then figure out something realistic & better to solve it. Because we know all those darn scientists, chemists, inventors, etc. working on fusion and stuff are just sitting on their assess and not really trying, right?
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We already have those, but most people don't want to pay more for them. They think cheaper = better. A $20 shovel sells better than a $99 shovel. But that $99 shovel will last much longer, and cost less per year than that $20 shovel which I have broken in the first year 3 different times! Many companies these days don't even know how to put a handle on a shovel the correct way with the grain going in the right direction. Grain direction is important!
Honda and Toyota cars are winning awards, and have been for years, for the quality of their vehicles and how long they last. American makers have not won as many awards for long-lasting cars because they employ unions who don't give a shite about what they do. Unions show up for a paycheck, not to make good cars. Japanese car companies in the US have a high happiness rating supplied by the workers, and no unions, and employ Americans to make great cars. So what's the difference? Japanese plants in the US have no entitled unions.
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Sometimes I will opt to buy cheaper stuff, knowing that it won't last long, because I have other things I need or want to do with my budget at that time, and the cheaper version can fill the need for the moment until later when my budget might allow me to buy the better quality item. It is usually correct that, over time, we save by paying more up front for a better quality product that will serve us longer and do more, but budgets and saving must also be considered holistically.