While this seems just, right, and fair, I can't imagine the support and logistics required to make it function. And it seems this system may point us to a society with no warranties before it will relent and provide us more functional and durable products.
Because people knew about the things they were buying.
The problem is that people became useless. Cars became bags of shit because people bought the shiny ones with touchscreens because they knew that fixing them wasn't going to be up to them so they didn't care what was going on under the hood. Same with houses, and houses aren't even complicated.
Your solution is to institute a system that further removes any necessity to know about the minutiae of your life. Just pay the money and the system will take care of it.
It won't be a surprise when such a system just gets exploited to screw everyone even further.
A nice idea, but... what about the warranty if cash is paid for an item? Isn't this encouraging taking on more debt to get a longer warranty? The best way to purchase items is cash, if you can.
While this seems just, right, and fair, I can't imagine the support and logistics required to make it function. And it seems this system may point us to a society with no warranties before it will relent and provide us more functional and durable products.
Businesses will howl.
Onward, Christian soldiers!
Why wasn't everything shit before?
Because people knew about the things they were buying.
The problem is that people became useless. Cars became bags of shit because people bought the shiny ones with touchscreens because they knew that fixing them wasn't going to be up to them so they didn't care what was going on under the hood. Same with houses, and houses aren't even complicated.
Your solution is to institute a system that further removes any necessity to know about the minutiae of your life. Just pay the money and the system will take care of it.
It won't be a surprise when such a system just gets exploited to screw everyone even further.
Excellent!
A nice idea, but... what about the warranty if cash is paid for an item? Isn't this encouraging taking on more debt to get a longer warranty? The best way to purchase items is cash, if you can.
Thanks for the restack, Ed, Lynn.
Thanks for the restack, Matt.
Thanks Keith, for the restack.