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Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize? (lemmy.world)
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like I went to taco bell and they didn't even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don't get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.

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[โ€“] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

We're in a modern gilded age. There are no consequences for modern day robber barons.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    To add to this -- Cory Doctorow, the very guy who coined the term "enshittification," has written about this. (Been meaning to read some of his books to see his explanations on how to fight it but I'm still getting through another book right now so I've only seen vids and read a sample.)

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