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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by icecap12 on Sunday August 14, 2022 @07:55PM (#32464323)
GE sold their appliance division in 2016[1].

[1]https://www.ge.com/news/reports/done-deal-ge-sells-its-appli...

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by daniel-cussen on Sunday August 14, 2022 @08:42PM (#32464584)
That was long after they sold the Cussen household their toasters.

They're responsible for what they sold when they sold it. The didn't sell responsibility for stealing my food.

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by eru on Sunday August 14, 2022 @09:03PM (#32464716)
You know that foreign countries don't have to take the loans you offer at the interest rates you offer?

In principle especially a wanna-be socialist country like the Soviet Union wouldn't need to participate in capitalist rituals like this.

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by daniel-cussen on Monday August 15, 2022 @10:02AM (#32469806)
Capital is global. Seeks the highest returns wherever they are.
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