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Re:An Antique Toaster That's Better Than Today’s [video] by insulanus on Saturday October 05, 2019 @06:17PM (#21168341)
This is a good point - some of what we are calling cheap crap just wasn't being made before.

Besides there being more stuff of every type of buy, the purchasing power of the dollar has declined, so maybe people can't afford a toaster that's as good any more?

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUUR0000SA0R

I guess you'd have to multiply this by whatever the average wage was for each year.

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Re:An Antique Toaster That's Better Than Today’s [video] by denton-scratch on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:26AM (#21179947)
"can't afford"

I don't think that's right. I think it's less expensive to make stuff that doesn't need to be replaced.

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