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bucolic_frolic

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1. Enshittification also includes devaluation of the dollar and what it manufactures
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:25 PM
5 hrs ago

Products are made more cheaply and less durable because the dollars buy increasingly costly components and the public can't and won't pay more and more for the same utility. Shoes and clothing are my favorite examples but the concept extends to other goods as well.

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