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What non political industries and products have been ruined or worsened by capitalism (lemmygrad.ml)

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I’d say infrastructure gaming come to mind for me.

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

Contention over the definition of political, it's been popular to say everything is political (or more accurately, all social relations are political), but with little explanation of what that means. My one sentence definition is for something to be political is for it to be engaged with (viewed or used) through the lens of power.

Good faith answer, any capitalist product that sells itself on reliability and durability. Doc martin's to hiluxes. These are long term qualities that are distant from time of purchase, so it's easy for such a brand to coast on reputation for a long time before it fades while production is cheapened. There are counter-examples which tend to be boutique or in a niche industry, or maybe it just hasn't happened yet.