the elastic waistband in clothing wears out now after 6 weeks. I got old pairs of shorts 30 years old with perfect functioning waistband

Heat or sun destroys the elastic

LOL but at least you can use a belt or really go all out and tie 'em up.
i haven't yet had that "experience".

what is aggravating the s-it outta me remains decent coats and jackets with totalllllly CRAP zippers.
plastic POS for good garments breaking off jamming up-not meshing on and on
dammmmmmmmit !
too much to ask ?

Back in my day clothes lasted two generations, young whippersnapper

that stretch plastic is also an endocrine disruptor goes right through the skin, gotta renew those meds every few months ya know.

Same story for almost all products today.

You fell for this capitalism bullshit. You fell for this job growth bullshit.

This shit is slavery by design. They are engineering everything to fail in short order intentionally to keep you working and buying more junk. The corporate model of business is 100% rancid.

We should be building everything engineered to last. We should be striving for our economies to function with less and less jobs. This world is entirely insane when it comes to economics.