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0 pointsBobbyTables21mo ago0 comments

It’s the externalized costs that bite society in the end.

The short life boots are great for everyone (boot makers, suppliers) except the end user.

A slightly higher quality boot could reduce their expenditure (monetary and time) and collectively allow society to devote the time and resources saved to higher goals.

However the wants of the few outweigh the needs of the many.

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gyomu1mo ago

> The short life boots are great for everyone (boot makers, suppliers) except the end user.

And the environment, which now gets polluted with discarded short life boots, and all the waste byproducts required for their production/transportation

And the social fabric inevitably changes for one reflecting the priorities of a world of cheap disposable boots made far away

BobbyTables2OP1mo ago

Also good for the environmental cleanup companies and waste management ones (/s)

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