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cipheramnesia:
betterbemeta:
toe-sucking-october:
Peak capitalism is needing a law to make companies not deliberately worsen their own products for profit.
This is so fucking wild
I feel this but like, also, no– the only reason why we have standards in any industry at all is regulation of some form– whether it’s enforced by a state, or a trade or a union or a council body, etc.. Are there people out there who really believe that in The Beginning there were pure washing machines, industrial devices, and perfect food safety and since then corners have been cut allowing capitalism into the world to corrupt what is good? no babey it’s capitalism all the way down, every OSHA regulation is probably written in blood, and the only reason why certain antique devices were built to last in prior decades was that proprietary certified repair was a cheaper way to exploit your customer than planned obsolescence at the time.
It’s not “peak capitalism” to “need a law to stop companies from deliberately worsening their own products.” Nothing is stopping them from doing that in any form of capitalism except a law, trade or union regulation, or other form of organized mandate. And even if we get rid of capitalism we will still need ways to be assured that every relevant party agrees what “clean water”, “labor safety”, “consumer protection” and other concepts mean because exploitativeness, thoughtlessness, a willingness to cut corners, and other issues will long outlive capitalism.
This reflects something else which drives me up a wall about “de-regulation.” Proponents act like regulations just appeared out of nowhere and we’re simply removing these unreasonable impediments to resources and freedom to all. Like, no, the regulations were put in places for good reason, and all they’re impeding is businesses that want to eat every last living creature on earth alive.
cipheramnesia:
betterbemeta:
toe-sucking-october:
Peak capitalism is needing a law to make companies not deliberately worsen their own products for profit.
This is so fucking wild
I feel this but like, also, no– the only reason why we have standards in any industry at all is regulation of some form– whether it’s enforced by a state, or a trade or a union or a council body, etc.. Are there people out there who really believe that in The Beginning there were pure washing machines, industrial devices, and perfect food safety and since then corners have been cut allowing capitalism into the world to corrupt what is good? no babey it’s capitalism all the way down, every OSHA regulation is probably written in blood, and the only reason why certain antique devices were built to last in prior decades was that proprietary certified repair was a cheaper way to exploit your customer than planned obsolescence at the time.
It’s not “peak capitalism” to “need a law to stop companies from deliberately worsening their own products.” Nothing is stopping them from doing that in any form of capitalism except a law, trade or union regulation, or other form of organized mandate. And even if we get rid of capitalism we will still need ways to be assured that every relevant party agrees what “clean water”, “labor safety”, “consumer protection” and other concepts mean because exploitativeness, thoughtlessness, a willingness to cut corners, and other issues will long outlive capitalism.
This reflects something else which drives me up a wall about “de-regulation.” Proponents act like regulations just appeared out of nowhere and we’re simply removing these unreasonable impediments to resources and freedom to all. Like, no, the regulations were put in places for good reason, and all they’re impeding is businesses that want to eat every last living creature on earth alive.
