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Boots Theory
An economic theory that people in poverty have to buy cheap products that quickly break, wear out, and repeatedly replaced, which is more expensive over time than a more expensive but better made, reliable, and long lasting item. The term was coined by English fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett in his 1993 Discworld novel Men at Arms.
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Men At Arms - Sir Terry Pratchett

Men at Arms. The 15th book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. It is the second novel about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch on the Discworld.

Sir Terry Pratchett
This is the direct consequence of the social psychology and logic of de facto unregulated #Capitalism

This is the direct consequence of the social psychology and logic of de facto u̶n̶r̶e̶g̶u̶l̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ #Capitalism

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@Radical_EgoCom
I've noticed the massive number of dogmatic, elitists throughout communist and socialist silos. Just like the so-called New Skeptics and New Atheists, they spend most of their energy criticizing other people, while never discussing critical self-reflection, analysis, peer-review.

Strangely rejecting any suggestion that socialism would benefit from social psychology and empirical research, to test core assumptions, they insist that dialectical analysis alone is sufficient for a comprehensive materialist world view.

There's no logic in debating what has become a secular religious orthodoxy that rejects science while claiming to champion materialism, and worldwide has proportionately just as many racists, misogynists, sexist, homophobes, and transphobes as advocates of capitalism.

I'm confused by the intent of your response. Are you saying that I'm dogmatic and elitist, and I am wrong about suggesting that the problem isn't just unregulated capitalism but capitalism itself?
@muiren
@Radical_EgoCom I'm skeptical you're confused and being intellectually honest.