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Originally Posted by DAEMANO
I mean, are there any even reasonably exploitative corporations anymore or are they all straight up Montgomery Burns enterprises? It's feeling like most things I buy has a social cost that's way too high.
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I think you're right.
It seems the only way around it is to buy the best we can afford and then stay on top of the maintenance, increasing the lifespan of the product. I'm a big fan of restoring and repairing rather than replacing, just from a quality standpoint. As was mentioned already, it's especially difficult to avoid when living in the first world. Most of us don't want to know where our hamburger comes from.
I read an article the other day that made me want to stop being a consumer of new electronics...scary...
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2015...place-on-earth