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nick_h.
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Of course greed comes into it, though I believe (based on nothing) that small (like really small) companies can’t afford greed as easily as corporations.
Vastly inflated prices compared to what? Good wages, good working conditions, good materials - what did that cost in the 1950s? Virtually everything now is vastly cheaper in relation to income in the wealthy west. In the early 70s you could buy a tv for about $500, that was two months pay back then in Canada.
We just buy more shit more often.