Local moron discovers basic self-reliance isn’t as nice as having someone else do menial work for you, more at 11.
Learning how to mend/fix (and to a lesser extent DIY) stuff is an essential and basic skill, even the best fabric will get damaged with time, even if it was made to last as long as possible. So if it still fits and is fixable, you should learn how to.
Even under socialism (as in worker control/ownership of the economy) it’s important, arguably more so because useless consoomer commodities aren’t churned out at a breakneck pace and you have to take good care of your things.
(The post sounds like western whining TBH 💀)
Learning how to mend/fix (and to a lesser extent DIY) stuff is an essential and basic skill,
Abso-fucking-lutely.
Just going to say that socialism won’t guarentee that we won’t churn out trash at an absurd rate. I strongly doubt we would if the workers owned industry as most people likely know that’s a fucking awful idea but I often find people transplant their best world onto socialism.
Look at how many people voted in trump. Sometimes people are stupid and even under socialism poor choices can be made. Still the better solution though.
Lastly, yeah, sewing and basic repair skills are some of the things I’m most glad that my school forced me to do. Little bit of wood work, little bit of sewing, little bit of home cooking. Nova Scotian middle school didn’t fail me there
Socialism assumes a rationally planned economy, just FYi
It might be just me, but I truly don’t understand the argument being made here after thinking it through a bit more.
I think maybe that instead of relying on dedicated craftspeople, we have to compromise and attempt to do things ourselves as unskilled individuals.
Products and services did not keep getting cheaper and better under capitalism. I think thats the promise failed.
The future I want and we used to be promised looks like the Jetsons or Star Trek, where everything menial is automated away, I have time to pursue what actually interests me, and I get to chose my own path in life. The future we got was Cyberpunk 2077 without the neon aesthetic and socks that wear out from standard use in the span of a year because nothing is built to last any more.
I think the star trek future is still coming…just remember that in star trek canon, the 21st century is very interesting.
Sanctuary districts
Court of the post atomic horror
Whales
Valid point, the Star Trek universe is not without its dark history and calamitous events, still the Federation, for all its flaws, its evil admiral problem, and Section 31, even shortly after the atomic crisis, it’s still a society that has solved poverty and homelessness on their own planets and eliminated most medical annoyances, like the common cold and headaches.
And even the Ferengi the cartoonish caricatures of unrestricted capitalism are quaint compared to the horrors that capitalism of the real world present day.
I think what they’re saying is that companies have a financial incentive to provide goods and services that don’t last after use, so consumers have to either make do with what they have already bought or consumers have to buy more, thus giving the companies more money
Yeah, it seems as though this person learned the buzzwords, but not the concepts. You are going to be using your labour regardless, so why would it not be preferable to use it directly for yourself? Of all the things capitalism promised, free stuff was never included.
Capitalism promised us better technology, cheaper products and more efficient use of our time and energy, and yet we went from fully metal constructed refrigerators that used to last multiple decades of borderline abuse to cheap pieces of plastic that break and shut fown if you use the wrong drm controlled water filter and we can’t even fix it ourselves any more because the corporations owned by capitalists don’t sell replacement parts to the public, don’t have schematics freely available, and purposefully design their stuff to break even worse if you do try to repair it.
Yeah, this is a really lazy attempt. Boo hoo, my sock has a hole in it and I don’t want to fix/replace it, therefore capitalism sucks? Come on, you can do better than that. Your socks will still get holes regardless of our socio-economic system.
We have all kinds of branding on socks about all the SpEcIaL sWeAt WiCkInG tEcHnOlOgY for maximum sweat wickage, and yet companies can’t make a sock that lasts as long as socks from 50 years ago. What the fuck are companies spending all their research on to make these apparently incredible socks that barely last a year or 2 before they wear themselves thin? And then because they’re these super proprietary blends of synthetic materials, any repair job is going to be a pain in the ass to make even as good of a repair as decent quality cotton socks from 50 years ago.
Yeah but building your own PC is an enjoyable, satisfying task. Especially knowing that you’re getting exactly the machine you wanted, because you hand picked the components yourself. No need to worry about the builder cheaping out on the cooling or power supply, because you are the builder.
Socks is a weird one to start with considering people absolutely used to mend, if not knit their own, socks. Everything was expensive when everything was built to last. No 10-pack of socks from Walmart. You might have only had one pair.
They do still “make them like they used to” but they’re priced accordingly. And with more things we “need” nowadays, there’s not enough money to buy high quality everything. Not to mention the overabundance of trash which necessitates researching good products…
My aunt knit me a pair of socks 30 years ago. They’re still kicking. I’ve darned them and I love them. They’re the color of clown barf because I was in middle school at the time.
can u tell me a brand that makes lasting socks? i already tried expensive well-known brands like adidas and puma and they still kinda suck
I’ve had pretty good luck with People Socks, they have some pretty decent Merino socks. Got a 4 pack about 5-6 years ago, finally got a few small holes this past winter after a few years of heavy use. Soft, warm, and breathable (mostly just because they’re a good Merino blend), pretty worth the price. I’ve also tried darn tough, and while they are decent (dress socks, but still) I usually prefer the people socks. Just remember not to dry them in a drier.
Darn tough will give your socks a lifetime warranty. I’ve sent a few socks in that got holes, but most of these last longer than other brands, I just happen to walk a lot.
Darn Tough. The hold up pretty well, but they also have (caveat: I haven’t had to invoke it in a while) a lifetime pretty much no questions asked replacement warranty.
I’ve heard great things about Balega but I don’t own any.
I don’t like wearing socks at all outside of winter so I get the thinnest pairs possible for when shoes are required. I just checked for the brand on my favorite winter pair but there’s no label to be found!
They absolutely are not priced accordingly. Cheap garbage is expensive and “quality” garbage is expensive with no guarantees on quality or longevity.
Expensive has never meant good but good usually means expensive. What I’m saying is that people make these comments as if good stuff was replacement by shitty stuff when it hasn’t, they’re just not even considering anything out of their budget…like it would have been
People will complain their $200 IKEA table falls apart but the option to pay a craftsman for a quality table never went away. A good table will outlive you but expect to pay over a grand, though.
‘just try to have empthy’ ‘just boycott bigots/fascists’ ‘just try to think logically’ ‘just understand the need for human solidaity’ ‘just read the manual’ ‘just say that genocide is wrong’ ‘just forge community bonds and help your neighbors using the tools and abilities you already have’ I’m sick and tired of being a
smartape with complex social structures and I just want to focus on myself in a place where no one will ever challenge me and I am always correct.But I did learn to cobbler shoes
Does… Does he think that capitalism works… for HIM?
