As products became more complex, the ability of the average person to be part of the repair process dropped. Hence fewer and fewer people had the ability to be part of the repair process. Part of the process was due to economics. The corner grocery store or gas station became memories of the past. The number of refineries dropped from many to almost none. As in many other areas, the need for the middle class dropped, as did the jobs open to them.
Control of the wealth shifted toward those with wealth. Money meant control of the means of production. That control made them wealthier. Small independent grocers have closed while large chains have expanded. Thousands of retail stores have vanished across the country.
Most countries, especially China, embrace solar as a power source, while those in power in the U.S. cling to the pollution of fossil fuels.
Trump reports 1,156 trades
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
—Martin Niem (a prominent German pastor Martin Niemöller)
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