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by asimpletune 5 days ago
What if there was a way to tax things that encouraged people to buy things that would last longer and then let the market correct?

Basically, we've done our experiment of hyper-disposable consumerism. It was great and the world has gotten richer. But not it seems like we should parlay that benefit into transitioning into a new era of quality.