As a society we have become all too willing to purchase products that lack quality. There are numerous reasons. Mergers always loom on the horizon with the prospect of confusion and layoffs. The proposed four day week that was rumored in the 1970's has become the six day 70 hour work week for many of us and unemployment for others. Salaries have not kept pace with business growth so both household heads have to work.
Employees suffer burnout as a record pace.
All of this is caused by one trend. Empires Over Satisfaction Corporate CEO's are more interested in Empire Building than Customer Satisfaction. I know of some businesspersons who have left the same company several times only to return when the latest merger is announced. These major corporations are located in tier one cities for the most part and therefore good jobs are being sucked out of small cities at a record pace. This devouring of the small town spirit is why gangs are becoming more violent as jobs in the heartland disappear and reappear in big cities.