Example of where Capitalism inevitably results in a bad outcome.

Have you used a straight razor ? I have and I think they are diabolical !

No. Capitalism is about providing a free market that gives people the freedom to choose what and where they buy. Competition and profits generate productivity while keeping prices down.

People create rip-off culture, not capitalism.

Communism/Socialism provides people (government) the opportunity to create rip-off culture too. Only here, people don’t have a choice to buy elsewhere.

We see this in the US too when the biggest monopoly of all, government, gets involved. How are the prices since Obamacare came along? (Hint they’re up 600-1000%). Or universities which benefit from government guaranteed loans? Or national defense costs?

If there's no capitalism there's no profit.

What would you have everyone share? Empty bowls?

Because that's what happens in every society where the elites in government are too smart for capitalism.

Well if they put a bidet next to ( or incorporated into ) every toilet you wouldn't need toilet paper at all.

Or get one of those kick ass Japanese toilets. You can forgo the TP all together and start walking around with a much cleaner butthole.

It’s not even sanitary. Bidets are. Imagine if you did the dishes wiping it once with some tp.

Yes that is another good example. I still have a couple of wool / acrylic blend pullovers that are over fifteen years old and machine washable ( starting to go through at the elbows now ) but you can't buy them any more, it's all plastic hoodie crap that lasts for two or three years at most and into the trash.

Yes that's all very well if you can learn how to use a double edged safety razor. Not everyone can because they are difficult to master, especially for people with sensitive skin. It's no surprise that cartridge razors blew DE's out of the water when they came in.

No I was talking about razor companies producing a good new razor. Something that looks like the old Schick Injector perhaps but with a better design and using different blades.

Stuck in a rut ! You will never find an alternative if you don't try a few out ! The benefits of Capitalism have been great but there will be a heavy price to be paid probably before the end of this century.

And as far as electric shavers go they have fallen victim to the same Capitalist greed. Sure back in the day when they were powered from a wall socket and were designed to have self sharpening blades they could and did last for ten years or more !

But try finding a corded electric shaver these days. They are nearly all battery powered now and designed so that you can't easily replace the battery when it goes kaput, so the entire shaver has to be thrown out. And because they are battery operated they are under-powered as well so they're not as good.