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I think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.

if you look at prices for things like washing machines and ovens and so on from the supposed golden age of quality they're at least 3x what the median modern consumer version is if you adjust for inflation. if you spend $3000 on a fridge it's going to be nice!