Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "It's Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now?" video.

@chrissy_g For the price-conscious (who think that seeing their own is cheaper than buying— on the same logic that cooking at home is cheaper) They're in for a ride awakening. Genuinely good quality fabrics are hard to come by, and the fabrics themselves are often way more expensive than premade stuff. Add to that the learning curve, and its easier to just splurge on some "ethical" brand with money coming out of its nose. There's no solid, middle-road option anymore. We've truly devolved back to feudalism. Except this time, nobody even makes Sunday clothes anymore.
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 @johnphipps4105 That's all well and good, but 'capitalism' in the Smithian sense, then, has never been done. The US government/elite has always been a strong presence in US civilian life.
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 @youraftermyrobotbee Eh, there was clearly a way to make it work in the 20th century without jacking up the price to "account for lost recurring profits".
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@Constantin_91 Yes, everything I've gotten from the USSR is ugly but built like a brickhouse. When market forces aren't dominating the economy, enormous amounts of money get funelled into production quality. Basically extremely heavy subsidizing of material and labor costs.
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@driftergrey Sometimes, I type too fast for my own food...
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@ChristopherAndersonPirate I addressed that above
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