Most of our (in the US) manufacturing has been outsourced to China. Ergo, cheap and shitty goods that are not made to last.

Even cis Germans probably should not go, given recent events.

He was enabled by many of his fellow geriatrics from Congress in the first term.

It’s a frontend for Wikipedia.

The art of the manuscript has really fallen. Published books nowadays are not as good as they used to be (in terms of quality, not just content). Most ‘crafted’ things, really - textiles, books, furniture… everything has been discarded in favor of cheap, low-quality nonsense that breaks or falls apart.