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Originally Posted by ManyMartinMan
Let’s actually put the blame where it belongs. The parents of this younger generation did not instill in them the value of quality and antiques.
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This could hardly be a more totally subjective arbitrary notion of cause , effect, and blame. The notion of shopping price over value/quality has been part of the human condition for centuries and is not objectively assignable to any single generation. What's actually in play today is simply the sheer quantity of cheap goods, and consumers to purchase them (offset BTW by an equal increase in the number of high quality and high value goods, and consumers who purchase them )
Also note the reality is that the value of antiques is also totally subjective. Not to mention the antiques that survive today that are of high quality, were only a small percent of total goods produced in their time, the masses then as now, bought cheap price point goods. The notion of "things were built better way back when" is rose colored nostalgia, not objective reality.