How to live in great depression?

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glo said:
Another thing you could try is to repair, reuse or recycle things.

One problem I find with mass-produced products is that they often aren’t designed to last or to be repaired.
50 years ago or so furniture, electrical good, cars etc were made to last a long time. If they broke or parts wore out, they could be repaired (and people had the skills to repair them!)
We seem to have lost much of that.

Companies don’t want us to make things last, they want us to buy another, newer, better thing ASAP!
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I remember in a Science lesson, where the teacher was telling us about how when light bulbs were first invented the material used was built to last a good 10 years at least. Then companies and stuff took it into their heads that they weren't making money because the bulbs were lasting too long!
I think a few months back it was in the news that this lady had a fully working gas cooker that she had from at least 60 years ago!
You're completely right about things not being built to last any more. :(
 
^wouldn't it depend on how it was used though?
also, we have much more complex systems in place now than in the previous century.
 

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