• markovs_gun@lemmy.world
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    5日前

    No. I am saying that these well made appliances are just as affordable today as they were back then, but most people want the cheaply made alternatives, and manufactured goods were generally less affordable back then than they are now. People generally just had less stuff in the past, and paid more for it. You simply couldn’t buy a new washer for the same fraction of your income as the cheap ones today. A lot of things are worse for us economically than for our parents but this simply isn’t one of them.

    • mavu@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4日前

      I understood that. the point you don’t understand is that people today HAVE LESS MONEY than their parents.

        • mavu@discuss.tchncs.de
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          18時間前

          wow, you actually don’t understand it. Fascinating. Lets get simple:

          70s : Expensive appliance, works long time. can afford it.
          Today: Cheap appliance, breaks early, can afford.
          Also Today: Expensive appliance, works long time. can’t afford it.

          I don’t think i can make it any easier.