Coment section here is a great example of how an over individualistic society has failed us all. > not my problem he failed If anon's life experience is different it isn't because he failed and you succeded it's more likely you got a better break, even if only marginally, better family, better luck or skill in making personal connections, got into your career or school before diversity displacement of whites had more stable years in your field of work, had better role models, advice, or any other circumstance. Is it self victimization when 96% of new hires into fortune 500 companies in the last 3 years are non-white? Should these party pooping whites just bootstrap themselves? Maybe they would if they knew how, maybe they'd know how if the fabric of white society weren't shredded 20 years ago. Instead of denying that our situation is grim because you want to play victim olympics or so fear our growing weakness and marginilization you bury your head in the sand maybe propose solutions. Here's a thought, how can we produce longterm and intergenerational value to mitigate the decline of our wealth against inflation and other parasitism? Firat practical thought is start a political campaign that can unite fringe politics by attacking an obvious and woeful evil harming us all, Designed Obsolescence robs value from our financial system and primarily harms the middle class. Designed obsolesence is tolerated by governments because it makes gdp line go up but also keeps line more stable when people buy more often, the core of the problem is that gdp was meant to be a proxy for the value of a nations economy and is now considered a direct indicator of economic health, DO games both but bleeds value from the system as more money and therefore work hours are wasted on shit made to break earlier to drive future sales. It nearly halves an individuals contributiin to work efficiency when they earning money for the purpose of spending it on objects designed to fail quickly or be replaced instead of fixed and also DO has decimated the domestic repair service economy whic was a great plug to prevent import spending which even further bleeds economic value. Every inherited 1970s dishwasher that still works 50 years on is the equivalent value to an anual hundred dollar subscription for new dishwashers as the new designs typically fail in about 3-6 years and cost 300-600 bucks; in 50 years that's 5 grand on just the dishwasher and considering most young folks lack practical skills to install one or trust in their skill to do so the installation fees surmount repair and servicing costs of old. That 5 grand could be the difference between fucking your credit score, and buying a house in a moment when the market is somewhat fair and that oportunity cost could be qorth tens of thousands or far more in the long run. I own a braided leather belt my father bought in the 80s before i was even borne, ive worn it for most of my life and it has outlasted every other american made belt leather or faux leather alike, it is as good as the day he bought it some 40 years ago and he paid less for it than a cheap walmart belt would go for today, this is a great example of value bleed, little things like this are often hundreds of dollars we don't need to spend on garbage. Killing DO would harm large corporations bottom lines but bulk out savings of the common man and produce more domestic handmade goods and local services which would bolster the actual health of our economy. The best thing about a campaign to kill DO is that we would turn comies and neoliberals on each other long enough to get some people to look for other perspectives.