Obamot wrote:We can VOTE by choosing better products!
For many products we can no longer "vote" simply because they are no longer manufactured in Europe at all ...
This is the case of the vast majority of small appliances, almost all clothing, consumer electronics ... Only are still manufactured here high-end products, such as my shoes Mephisto. ..which cost 5x the price of a pair of Chinetoque imitations ...
And we finally get what we pay for: after having prematurely sold 3 washing machines made in France of medium range (which all came out of the same multi-brand factory in the Lyonnaise region with the same (stupid) design flaws), I ended up buying a Miele: 3x more expensive of course, but there at least more trouble since ... My handheld power tool is Festool: do not look in DIY store: it's almost pros mathos indestructible for a handyman, but 3x more expensive than mathos handyman ...
But it goes much further: do you know that since almost 10ans most of the gasoline engine parts are no longer manufactured in Western Europe? Even Audi makes 90% of its petrol engines in the Czech Republic ...
To those who would like the indestructible and the repairable:
Already the durable does not exist, the old materials were long because they were repairable (repair cost much lower than the replacement price), because they were simple design and because they were (sometimes) made with oversized materials ...
Today many products have become so sophisticated (programmable microcircuits, servo, etc ...) that it is impossible to repair them either, or even by an electronics craftsman.The cars are a good example: their level of perfection is such that it is almost impossible to tinker with, even with a very complete doc ... Yet, despite what some believe, cars have never been as durable and reliable as at present: I remind you that in the 70 years still, the cars often broke down, it was necessary to drain all the 5000km, etc ..., and the cars were already rusted in the catalog (average life = 5ansans perforations serious, when the durability of engines it was downright lottery ... even the Mecedes and Porsches rustled at full speed, it just took longer because the sheets were a little better painted and thicker than the paper French or Italian cigarettes ...