Planned obsolescence, the intentional construction of junk that breaks down, spread from lightbulbs to automobiles and to points in between.
Ted Clarke’s washing machine story was a bit controversial, it seemed, with some folks asking if it was a slow news day.
First off, I can vouch this was no one-off. I’ve got the exact same washer machine- a Maytag Heavy Duty, Two-Speed, Extra Capacity, identical to Sally Wilson’s. I don’t want to jinx myself, but my machine has been a tank for the six years I’ve had it. This instigated an underpinning feature of modern industrial capitalism- don’t build things to last. That’s bad for business, just as Cornell Capital recently discovered when they bought Instapot.
This problem is obviously one of political economy, not that we don’t know how to build things that last, as Sally’s washer machine proves.
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