一把廉价的中国工具，好到让我想起了那个逝去的美国！
正文翻译
We needed a fast replacement for a lost Harley Davidson clutch tool, so we hit Amazon in search of something cheap we could get overnight and hopefully get one or two uses out of while we sourced a quality replacement.
What arrived ended up exceeding all expectations in terms of material and construction, but included in the package was an item that reminded us of just how petty and cut throat the American business landscape has become.
我们需要快速更换一个丢失的哈雷戴维森离合器工具，所以在亚马逊上搜索一些便宜的，我们可以连夜收到，并希望在我们找到高质量的替代品时可以使用一两次的工具。
结果到货的产品在材料和构造方面都超出了所有预期，但包装中包含的一件物品提醒我们，美国商业环境已经变得多么的小气和残酷。
We needed a fast replacement for a lost Harley Davidson clutch tool, so we hit Amazon in search of something cheap we could get overnight and hopefully get one or two uses out of while we sourced a quality replacement.
What arrived ended up exceeding all expectations in terms of material and construction, but included in the package was an item that reminded us of just how petty and cut throat the American business landscape has become.
我们需要快速更换一个丢失的哈雷戴维森离合器工具，所以在亚马逊上搜索一些便宜的，我们可以连夜收到，并希望在我们找到高质量的替代品时可以使用一两次的工具。
结果到货的产品在材料和构造方面都超出了所有预期，但包装中包含的一件物品提醒我们，美国商业环境已经变得多么的小气和残酷。
评论翻译
@user-Lynk0
In China, when you buy a keyboard, they include a keycap puller. Buy a computer case, and you get a screwdriver and cable ties. Buy a CPU cooler, thermal paste comes with it. Oranges come with a peeler, nuts come with a shell opener, and a phone purchase includes a screen protector.
在中国，你买个键盘，里面会附赠拔键器。买个电脑机箱，会送螺丝刀和扎带。买个CPU散热器，会自带导热膏。买橙子送剥皮器，买坚果送开壳器，买手机还会预贴好屏幕保护膜。
@iKenFlyPPG
I agree, China has enabled me to do mechanical, electrical, and car things I wouldn't have because I'm a wage slave being taxed to death.
我同意，中国让我有能力去做一些机械、电气和修车之类的活儿，否则作为一名被税收压得喘不过气的打工仔，我根本负担不起。
@mindeloman
Recently had to do a starter R&R on my Nissan Titan. Starter is under the intake manifold. Bolts face the firewall. I needed a 1/2" ratchet with a swivel head to be able to make the angle and have enough torque to break the bolts loose. Went to Harbor Freight and got one for $20. "Pittsburgh." It worked perfectly. In fact, I think it's as-good of quality as that craftsman junk Sears was selling 15 years ago. I may never use that ratchet again but it wasn't like it was a huge investment. And that's why so many people go to Harbor Freight. We know how to work on and fix stuff.....but we aren't professionals using these tools. I don't need a Dewalt drill. Ryobi is fine for my needs.
最近我不得不给我的日产泰坦皮卡更换启动机。启动机位于进气歧管下方，螺栓朝向防火墙。我需要一把带旋转头的半英寸棘轮扳手，才能以合适的角度施力，产生足够扭矩拧松螺栓。我去港口货运工具店花20美元买了一把，牌子是“匹兹堡”。用起来非常顺手。说实话，我觉得它的品质堪比十五年前西尔斯百货卖的那种 craftsman 的次品。我以后可能再也用不上这把扳手了，但这笔投资也不算大。而这正是那么多人去港口货运工具店的原因——我们懂怎么修东西、怎么捣鼓物件……但我们不是天天用这些工具的专业人士。我不需要得伟（DeWalt）的钻头，利优比（Ryobi）就足够满足我的需求了。
@thomasrobinson182
@mindeloman I think I have the same Harbor Freight ratchet. I have a garage full of Ryobi 1.) because their promos have made it easier for me to build my power tool collection and 2.) the battery cost is reasonable. I got a DeWalt contactor's radio. Nice unit, but pricey batteries.
@mindeloman 我想我有一把同样的 Harbor Freight 棘轮扳手。我车库里全是利优比，一是因为他们的促销活动让我很容易攒齐一套电动工具，二是因为电池价格合理。我买了个得伟的工地收音机，东西不错，就是电池太贵了。
@walsakaluk1584
@mindelomangreat example of how tools have become single use consumables thanks to China's magic. I don't know how they do it. Chinese, export quality, industrial machinery is flipping nice these days. Easy to work on too.
@mindeloman 这是一个绝佳的例子，说明在“中国魔力”的作用下，工具已经变成了单次使用的消耗品。我不知道他们是怎么做到的。如今中国的出口级工业机械真的非常棒，而且维修起来也很方便。
@michaelkeogh8454
I got stuck in a thread on another social media platform arguing about what consists of a fair wage for what labor.
我被困在另一个社交平台的一个帖子里，正跟人争论什么样的劳动才算拥有公平的工资。
@secularnevrosis
Never mind the taxes. You work more and get payed less while the company you are hired by takes out more profits. Ofc they use that to get policies that is good for them and bad for you. Like paying lower taxes than you do.
税收倒还是其次。你干得更多，拿得更少，而雇用你的公司却攫取了更多利润。当然，他们会用这些钱去换取对他们有利、对你不利的政策。比如，他们交的税比你还少。
@MrSloika
Yup, I remember trying to learn by working on my own car as a kid and I was treated like scum by the local parts and tool sellers. They acted like I was trying to force my way into their exclusive club. . I'm sure most of them are dead now, may they rot in hell.
没错。记得小时候我想通过修自己的车来学习，结果被当地的零部件和工具商当成垃圾对待。他们的表现就像我试图强行闯入他们的“高级俱乐部”一样。我敢说他们中大多数人现在已经死了，愿他们在在地狱里烂掉。
@walsakaluk1584
@MrSloikathat's a sad experience. In Oz, in the 70s, the parts and tool sellers were really helpful. So were the automotive trades folk. It was hardly a closed or gate kept shop. Everyone is sort of related...
@MrSloika 那真是一段悲惨的经历。在 70 年代的澳洲，零部件和工具商都非常乐于助人。汽车行业的从业者也是如此，那根本不是什么封闭或设门槛的行业。大家多多少少都有点交情……
@bobsoft
@thomasrobinson182 So far Dewalt batteries are repairable, cant say the same about Ryobi, or Milwaukee as they have a micro controller on the BMS that shuts it down when it detects a cell fault
@thomasrobinson182 到目前为止，得伟的电池还是可以修理的。但利优比或米沃奇（Milwaukee）就不行了，因为它们的电池管理系统（BMS）上有微控制器，一旦检测到电芯故障就会直接锁死。
@bobsoft
@mindeloman I like the fact you can get any part from China at a reasonable price that you would never find locally. Making it possible to repair items you would otherwise have to throw away. I repair soo many electronics that way.
@mindeloman 我喜欢这样一个事实：你可以从中国以合理的价格买到任何在当地根本找不到的零件。这让修理那些本该被扔掉的东西变成了可能。我用这种方式修理了很多电子设备。
@hc3733
@walsakaluk1584 It's called "Mass production". You guys did it first, in the 40s, 50s and 60s. LOL. It's that the big corps and Wall street people have grasped the power to limit supply, and mark up everything so high that makes you think all the bits and pieces SHOULD cost an arm and a leg, whereas in the 50s America, or 2020s in China, it's not.
@walsakaluk1584 这叫“大规模生产”。你们在 40、50 和 60 年代率先实现了这一点，哈哈。只不过大财团和华尔街的人掌握了限制供应的权力，并把所有东西的价格标得极高，让你觉得这些零部件“理应”贵得离谱，但在 50 年代的美国或 2020 年代的中国，情况并非如此。
@edwardglowacki4495
Nowadays you buy a thermostat and you have to buy the gasket separately.
现在你买个节温器，还得单独买垫圈。
@mph5896
Na, you buy a thermostat and hope it doesn't stick cooking your engine.
不，你买个节温器，然后祈祷它别卡住，否则会烧坏你的发动机。
@Sam-go3mb
Nowadays you go to buy a thermostat and learn it's integrated into an entire front-engine coolant passage assembly that has to be replaced whole for $1200 and lasts 2 years
现在你去买个节温器，结果发现它被集成到了整个发动机前端冷却液通道总成里，必须花 1200 美元整体更换，而且只能用两年。
@AbandonedNorthJersey
@Sam-go3mb 1200 is usually what I will pay for a well kept 90s grandfather car so long as it ain't high mileage
@Sam-go3mb 1200 美元通常够我买一辆保养得很好的 90 年代“老爷车”了，只要里程数不太高。
@nikonhckr
@mph5896 I learned from my dad to place the new one in boiling water to make sure it opens before using it.
@mph5896 我跟我爸学的：把新的节温器放进开水里，确保它能打开再装车。
@SevenSixTwo2012
How very true! I tore into my truck's cooling system while changing the water pump a few years ago and got a new thermostat, hoses, etc. for the job. While reinstalling everything, it turned out the damn gasket wasn't included for the thermostat. Since I couldn't drive it to a parts store without a working cooling system, I had to reuse the old gasket and hope it holds.
What a despicable practice by OEMs to save 3 cents!
太真实了！几年前我在给卡车换水泵时拆开了冷却系统，买了新的节温器、软管等。结果重新安装时，发现那个该死的节温器竟然没带垫圈。因为没冷却系统我没法开车去零件店，我只好重复使用旧垫圈并祈祷它能撑住。厂家为了省 3 美分竟然搞这种卑鄙的行径！
@thomasrobinson182
@AbandonedNorthJerseyNot in California.
@AbandonedNorthJersey 在加州可买不到（这种便宜车）。
@bobbylibertini
...and then you find out it's defective right out of the box, after you've installed it.
……然后你发现刚拆箱的东西就是次品，而且还是在你辛辛苦苦安装完之后才发现。
@Nordic_Mechanic
you can have the gasket for free if you subscribe for monthly thermostat purchases. You know, cause they are all shit nowaday , better change each month until you get one that works :p
如果你订阅节温器“包月套餐”，就可以免费获得垫圈。毕竟现在的质量都很烂，最好每个月换一个，直到换到一个能用的为止 :p
@bobbylibertini
@Nordic_Mechanic In the old days, at least if you paid a subscxtion, it would've come with a free monkey to install it.
@Nordic_Mechanic 在以前，如果你付了订阅费，至少会附赠一个“免费猴子”来帮你安装。
@AbandonedNorthJersey
@thomasrobinson182 that's not fair, I bought a California engine once and had to de California it I still don't fully understand what does that mean, but I paid
@thomasrobinson182 这不公平。我曾经买过一个“加州版”发动机，还得专门给它做“去加州化”处理。我至今还没搞明白那到底是什么意思，但我确实付了钱。
@AbandonedNorthJersey
@nikonhckr I believe !
@nikonhckr 我信！
@whysoserious7014
@nikonhckr
That was in the day if your starter or alternator started giving you problems, you figured out the issue and fixed it. New Bearings and brushes for alternator (paper clip was as a brush installation tool), replacing the bendix on starters. Now days mechanics don't fix but are just code readers and replace part.
@nikonhckr 以前如果你的启动机或发电机出了问题，你会找出原因并修理它。给发电机换新的轴承和电刷（回形针就是安装电刷的工具），更换启动机的单向齿。现在的技工根本不修理，他们只是读取故障码然后更换零件。
@bobbylibertini
@AbandonedNorthJersey It's tedious work taking the pineapple and avocado off. And the instructions! I mean, Chinglish can be funny, but I can't deal with that "Dude" this, and "Harsh your buzz" that.....
@AbandonedNorthJersey 要把里面的菠萝和牛油果弄出来可真是个乏味活儿。还有那些说明书！我是说，中式英语（Chinglish）可能很有趣，但我实在受不了那种一会儿“伙计（Dude）”，一会儿“扫兴（Harsh your buzz）”的调调……
@MrTheHillfolk
@Sam-go3mbthis.
Let's re-engineer the wheel, oops I mean thermostat which has worked for well over 100yrs , probably 200 and add electric components and a stepper motor to control coolant flow. Oh, and engineer of the electrical components to be in direct contact with the coolant.
@Sam-go3mb 没错。让我们重新发明轮子——哦不，我是说重新发明已经用了 100 多年、甚至可能 200 年的节温器，加上电子元件和步进电机来控制流量。哦，还要把电子元件设计成直接接触冷却液。
@MrTheHillfolk
@whysoserious7014this is coming back around a lot in the enthusiast areas. Put new CV boots on those good axles in your car now. Replace brushes and bearings in alternators and starters. I actually took a gamble on a Chinese alternator for my car. When I got it I removed the voltage regulator/brush assy. The tension on the brushes was horrendous, so I unsoldered them and put them in my OEM voltage regulator and put that in. The basic assembly "should" be ok, it's the electronics.
@whysoserious7014 这种趋势在发烧友圈子里又流行回来了。现在大家都给车上那些好的半轴换新的防尘套。更换发电机和启动机的电刷和轴承。我其实冒险买了一个中国产的发电机。买回来后我拆掉了电压调节器/电刷总成。电刷的张力简直糟糕透顶，于是我把它们焊下来装进了我的原厂电压调节器里。基础机械总成“应该”没问题，出问题的往往是电子部分。
@craighooper6362
Napa used to be the go to I was out of town stopped by a different Napa ordered a part looked in the box no little nuts so I tried to put the nuts off the old one on it and it was the wrong thread pitch so I bought one that was more that had nuts on it
以前纳帕汽配是我首选。有次我在外地，去了另一家纳帕店，订了个零件，打开盒子一看，里面没有配小螺母。我试着把旧零件上的螺母拆下来用，结果螺纹间距对不上。后来我就买了个更贵但带螺母的版本。
@hemihead68
My POS dodge dart has or uses an unique size shape o-ring for the thermostat housing and you think one can purchase just the o-ring ? Nope gotta by the whole package, the housing, thermostat and o-ring.
我那辆破道奇达特，节温器壳体上用的是一种特殊尺寸形状的O型圈。你以为能单买这个O型圈吗？想得美——得买整套总成，壳体、节温器、O型圈一起打包。
@JohnSmith-pl2bk
@bobbylibertini
That's why you test right out of the box...and take it back when it fails.
@bobbylibertini 所以才要拆箱即测……坏了就直接退货。
@BruceLyeg
And CV Axles that don't come with a new axle nut. Would it kill them to throw a new cotter pin in the box with the ball joint too?
还有半轴竟然不带新的半轴螺母。在球头盒子里多扔一个开口销会死吗？
@dannyg1153
@craighooper6362as someone who currently works at a corpo owned store by that very company, it's only getting worse. They don't even care if there's only one guy running the operation the entire day anymore, they cut off all the festive bonuses (this time round we got a firm handshake and a "Good Job, sonny!") they cut back on quota bonuses (used to be monthly now quarterly and they halved the amount as well ) and the parts I'm seeing are more or less the same as, Advanced auto farts, O'shitty and AnimalZone. Having worked in different auto parts companies I can say with some confidence that they use the same whitebox distributor mevotech, NAPA IMO still has a slight merit with the FLEET line of chassis parts but if you want the same just get the parts from (I believe its a Canadian based company, I have a high suspicion it's quietly Chinese owned) Mevotech, TTX line... 80% of the time it's the same product, with only differences as to exactly what specifications we want the part to perform. China is very very capable of delivering parts that can perform to the standard that we expected American made parts, the problem is everyone plays the damn game like it's a race to the bottom; Who can get it cheapest and fastest, but we forgot about who can make it the best! We used to have fkn standards.
@craighooper6362 作为一个目前就在这家公司旗下企业直营店工作的人，我只想说情况只会越来越糟。他们现在根本不在乎店里是不是只有一个人撑一整天，节日奖金全给砍了（这回我们就得到了一个坚定的握手和一句“干得好，小子！”），业绩奖金也缩水了（以前是月度奖，现在改季度奖，金额还砍了一半）。而且我看到的这些零件，基本上跟 Advanced Auto Parts、O'Reilly 和 AutoZone 那些店卖的没什么两样。我在不同汽配公司干过，可以比较有把握地说，它们用的都是同一家白牌分销商——Mevotech。我个人觉得纳帕的 FLEET 系列底盘件还是稍微有点优势，但如果你想要同样的东西，直接买 Mevotech 的 TTX 系列就行——我怀疑这家公司其实是家加拿大企业，但很大概率是中资背景。80% 的情况下产品都是一样的，区别只在于我们对零件性能指标的具体要求不同。中国完全有能力做出符合我们期待的、媲美美国制造标准的零件。问题在于大家都在玩命地搞逐底竞争——谁能拿货最便宜、最快，却忘了谁才能做得最好！我们以前特么的是有标准的好吗。
@pederramse4409
You need shelf space for 2 things insted of 3. The individual parts need to be there anyway, if you have the kit as well it takes up more space. If you just have the kit someone and someone just needs the gasket then you have nowhere on the shelf to put the thermostat. It is just more efficient that way
你需要的是放两样东西而不是三样东西的货架空间。既然单独的零件总归得在那儿，如果你再加上一个套装，就会占用更多空间。如果你只卖套装，而有人只需要垫圈，那你就没地方放那个节温器了。这样做（分开卖）效率更高。
@mitch9521
@Sam-go3mb I had to do that recently on my 2002 Ford Focus Zetec, the thermostat housings are kinda common to leak coolant with age, the thermostat is built into the housing. Wasn't $1200 but it was like $90 CAD for a good quality one.
@Sam-go3mb 我最近刚给我的 2002 款福特福克斯 Zetec 换过这个。节温器壳体老化后漏冷却液算是常见毛病，节温器是集成在壳体里的。倒没花 1200 美元那么夸张，不过一个质量好的也要 90 加元左右。
@williamjackson5942
Chevrolet ford and dodge often used the same thermostat but different gaskets, so you almost always had to buy a gasket seperate back in the 70s and 80s1
雪佛兰、福特和道奇经常使用相同的节温器，但垫圈不同，所以在 70 和 80 年代，你几乎总是得单独买垫圈！
@Sam-go3mb
@mitch9521 And it's plastic I'm guessing? 2002 is pretty early for that kind of fuckery I'd have thought, manufacturers were mostly still good then. Well I guess 24 years is a good effort for that housing, none these days would go that long
@mitch9521 我猜那是塑料做的？2002 年就开始搞这种幺蛾子，比我想象的要早，当时厂家大多还算良心。好吧，我想这壳体能撑 24 年也算尽力了，现在的车绝对撑不了那么久。
@PaulDouglas-i5m
@williamjackson5942 Back in the 70's and 80's my car spares store Sold Sheets of Gasket Paper.....I Made my Own Gaskets ......
@williamjackson5942 回到 70 和 80 年代，我的汽配店会卖成张的垫圈纸……我都是自己剪垫圈的……
@jayjaynella4539
@SevenSixTwo2012 Blame an accountant for the enshittification of everything.
@SevenSixTwo2012 把一切都变得“垃圾化（enshittification）”的罪魁祸首就是会计师。
@wgemini4422
This is so common in China. You would always get something extra. Oh, and no tipping in restaurants either. You pay what's advertised, not 15% taxes on top and then another 20% tips on top of the taxes.
这在中国太普遍了。你总能得到额外的赠品。噢，而且餐馆也不用付小费。你看到什么价就付什么价，不用在上面加 15% 的税，然后再在税后的价格上加 20% 的小费。
@mbmcclure3579
This makes me homesick for the days gone by and how things used to be.
这让我开始怀念那些逝去的日子和往昔的事物。
@scroungasworkshop4663
Maybe, but perhaps you’ve forgotten how expensive everything used to be.
也许吧，但可能你已经忘了以前的东西有多贵了。
@ronunderwood5771
Yeah, I myself am nostalgic for a time that never was.
是啊，连我自己都在怀念一段其实从未存在过的时光。
@markc5593
Greed is killing America.
贪婪正在毁灭美国。
@FortyGritSandpaper
Sometimes its the many perpetual race to the bottom situations where some guy for a six pack will undercut the small businesses because he has a day job that pays well at a mega corporation.
有时候，这种情况就是那种没完没了的逐底竞争造成的——某个在大公司拿着高薪、有正经工作的人，为了赚点外快（哪怕只是几罐啤酒钱），也要把价格压得比小商户还低。
@exploringhistory5796
That’s why nothing is made here anymore. All about maximizing profit! Sad.
这就是为什么这里不再制造任何东西的原因。一切都是为了利润最大化！可悲。
@davidcat1455
@FortyGritSandpaper
That ain’t the problem. It’s the 900 billionaires in the USA that have 90% of the wealth. Greedy for more corporate profits to buy another yacht while the workers barely get by. Same problem here in Australia, just a few less billionaires.
@FortyGritSandpaper 那不是问题所在。问题在于美国那 900 个亿万富翁占据了 90% 的财富。他们贪求更多的利润去买游艇，而工人们只能勉强度日。澳大利亚也有同样的问题，只是亿万富翁少几个。
@cameronstamey599
@davidcat1455You got that right brother. Here in America it got to the point where there's not enough profit margin to do something nice for someone anymore. Your damn near going in the hole just to be marketable and get work. Not saying people don't want to be generous the option just literally isn't there anymore.
@davidcat1455 你说对了，兄弟。在美国，现在的利润已经低到让人没法去为别人做点善事了。为了保持市场竞争力并接到活儿，你几乎是在亏本赚吆喝。不是说大家不想慷慨，而是根本没有慷慨的余地了。
@FortyGritSandpaper
@davidcat1455 Corporations benefit when small businesses suffer. Its the nature of their game. Their day shift employees have to moonlight to make ends meet, It saves the corporations money and hurts the small businesses struggling to keep prices affordable to clients while at the same time attempting to keep up with the soaring rate of inflation. Same old story been happening 40 plus years.
@davidcat1455 小企业受难，大财团受益。这就是他们游戏的本质。他们白班的员工不得不兼职贴补家用，这为大公司省了钱，却伤害了那些努力维持低价、同时还要拼命追赶通胀率的小企业。老掉牙的故事，已经上演 40 多年了。
@whatthefluxchuck
Companies having CEO's who know nothing about their companies products, and politicians who know nothing making rules about things they know nothing about, and bureaucrats, sports figures, and celebrities that don't know their ass from a hole in the ground are among the most greedy.
公司的 CEO 对自家的产品一窍不通，政客们对他们制定的规则一窍不通，那些官僚、运动员和名人们甚至分不清东南西北，却往往是最贪婪的一群人。
The masses don't pay any mind to what they buy, who from, how it's designed, or any detail that matters, they pay attention to the advertisements, and if any of their friends or family buy it. If someone they know buys one and flaunts it, they'll want one too, just in a different color scheme, so they can be "original". Or people will buy it because "it's new, it's gotta be better than the old", which is why auto companies have gotten a serious infection of total product enshitification, and are still making and selling enshitified cars and trucks.
大众根本不在乎买的是什么、从谁那儿买、设计得如何，也不在乎任何重要的细节。他们只关注广告，或者亲戚朋友买没买。如果他们认识的人买了一个并拿出来显摆，他们也会想要一个，哪怕只是换个配色以求“原创”。或者人们买它仅仅是因为“它是新品，肯定比旧的好”——这就是为什么汽车公司患上了严重的“产品垃圾化”病，却依然在制造和销售那些垃圾汽车。
If the masses weren't stupid, not one vehicle made since 2000 would have ever left the dealerships to be driven on the road. Instead they'd have sat, rotted a bit, and then been taken back by the manufacturers to scrapped and recycled.
如果大众不那么蠢，2000 年以后制造的汽车根本不应该离开经销商开上马路。它们应该在那儿烂掉，然后被厂家收回去报废回收。
If greed is killing America, it's because America is a bunch of stupid idiots who will buy whatever is advertised by the flashiest and trendiest dipshits of "high society" "celebrities"and "influencers" rather than a nation of people who are capable of critical thinking and thus do not cater to the greed of those who make shit products that are hyped up by seekers of fame, fortune and popularity that will push any shit product if they are paid well enough.
如果贪婪正在毁灭美国，那是因为美国有一群愚蠢的笨蛋，他们会购买那些“上流社会”、“明星”和“网红”推销的一切东西，而不是一个有批判性思维、不迎合那些制造烂货的人的民族。那些追逐名利的人只要钱给够，什么垃圾产品都能吹上天。
Many people are willing to buy stupid shit and they won't know it's shit if the shit has sparkles, a fancy paint color, and some cheap colored LED lights. Put a USB port in a dog turd, I bet it would sell. Paint a rainbow on a rock with a little scxt that reads "I identify as non- orbiting micro planet, I bet that would sell.
很多人愿意买愚蠢的垃圾，只要这垃圾带点闪粉、涂个漂亮的颜色、装几个廉价的彩色 LED 灯，他们就认不出来那是垃圾。在狗屎上装个 USB 接口，我打赌都能卖出去。在石头上画道彩虹，写上“我自认是一颗非轨道微型行星”，我打赌也能卖出去。
As long as the customer base has a majority of stupid suckers, there will be those willing to sell anything those stupid suckers will buy. So, is it really GREED killing America, or is it more that the majority of Americans are stupid suckers?
只要客户群体中大多数都是愚蠢的受骗者，就会有人愿意向他们出售任何东西。所以，真的是“贪婪”毁灭了美国，还是因为大多数美国人都是好骗的傻瓜？
@Hemingray1893
@whatthefluxchuck my brother and I were talking the other day and something like this got brought up. He goes “if you told me the idea for DoorDash 10 years ago, I would never believe it would be a sustainable business. You’re telling me people will pay twice as much to get fast food delivered? Yet, here we are.”
@whatthefluxchuck 前几天我跟我哥聊天时也聊到了类似的事。他说：“要是十年前你告诉我 DoorDash（一家总部位于美国旧金山的科技公司，主要经营在线食品外卖配送平台）这个点子，我绝对不会相信它能做成一门可持续的生意。你是说人们愿意花两倍的价钱让人把快餐送到家？可你看看现在，还真就成这样了。”
@thomasrobinson182
So much of the greed is so-called public servants.
很多贪婪都来自那些所谓的“公仆”。
@rcnelson
Say customers who 15 years ago gladly bought Chinese instead of American and saved a buck.
那些 15 年前为了省一块钱而欣然购买中国货、拒绝美国货的顾客们也会这么说。
@thomasrobinson182
@rcnelson Their bottom line hasn't improved, so they save anyway they can. If you weren't wealthy, you'd understand.
@rcnelson 他们的收入并没有提高，所以他们只能想方设法省钱。如果你不富有，你就会明白。
@TheGman-z5y
greed is killing everything....
贪婪正在毁灭一切……
@justinschmidt9180
Greed has been killing America for a long time
贪婪毁灭美国已经很久了。
@jsprit6669
It’s the end phase of capitalism!
这是资本主义的末期阶段！
@beauhatman4395
It’s already dead, bro
它已经死了，兄弟。
In China, when you buy a keyboard, they include a keycap puller. Buy a computer case, and you get a screwdriver and cable ties. Buy a CPU cooler, thermal paste comes with it. Oranges come with a peeler, nuts come with a shell opener, and a phone purchase includes a screen protector.
在中国，你买个键盘，里面会附赠拔键器。买个电脑机箱，会送螺丝刀和扎带。买个CPU散热器，会自带导热膏。买橙子送剥皮器，买坚果送开壳器，买手机还会预贴好屏幕保护膜。
@iKenFlyPPG
I agree, China has enabled me to do mechanical, electrical, and car things I wouldn't have because I'm a wage slave being taxed to death.
我同意，中国让我有能力去做一些机械、电气和修车之类的活儿，否则作为一名被税收压得喘不过气的打工仔，我根本负担不起。
@mindeloman
Recently had to do a starter R&R on my Nissan Titan. Starter is under the intake manifold. Bolts face the firewall. I needed a 1/2" ratchet with a swivel head to be able to make the angle and have enough torque to break the bolts loose. Went to Harbor Freight and got one for $20. "Pittsburgh." It worked perfectly. In fact, I think it's as-good of quality as that craftsman junk Sears was selling 15 years ago. I may never use that ratchet again but it wasn't like it was a huge investment. And that's why so many people go to Harbor Freight. We know how to work on and fix stuff.....but we aren't professionals using these tools. I don't need a Dewalt drill. Ryobi is fine for my needs.
最近我不得不给我的日产泰坦皮卡更换启动机。启动机位于进气歧管下方，螺栓朝向防火墙。我需要一把带旋转头的半英寸棘轮扳手，才能以合适的角度施力，产生足够扭矩拧松螺栓。我去港口货运工具店花20美元买了一把，牌子是“匹兹堡”。用起来非常顺手。说实话，我觉得它的品质堪比十五年前西尔斯百货卖的那种 craftsman 的次品。我以后可能再也用不上这把扳手了，但这笔投资也不算大。而这正是那么多人去港口货运工具店的原因——我们懂怎么修东西、怎么捣鼓物件……但我们不是天天用这些工具的专业人士。我不需要得伟（DeWalt）的钻头，利优比（Ryobi）就足够满足我的需求了。
@thomasrobinson182
@mindeloman I think I have the same Harbor Freight ratchet. I have a garage full of Ryobi 1.) because their promos have made it easier for me to build my power tool collection and 2.) the battery cost is reasonable. I got a DeWalt contactor's radio. Nice unit, but pricey batteries.
@mindeloman 我想我有一把同样的 Harbor Freight 棘轮扳手。我车库里全是利优比，一是因为他们的促销活动让我很容易攒齐一套电动工具，二是因为电池价格合理。我买了个得伟的工地收音机，东西不错，就是电池太贵了。
@walsakaluk1584
@mindelomangreat example of how tools have become single use consumables thanks to China's magic. I don't know how they do it. Chinese, export quality, industrial machinery is flipping nice these days. Easy to work on too.
@mindeloman 这是一个绝佳的例子，说明在“中国魔力”的作用下，工具已经变成了单次使用的消耗品。我不知道他们是怎么做到的。如今中国的出口级工业机械真的非常棒，而且维修起来也很方便。
@michaelkeogh8454
I got stuck in a thread on another social media platform arguing about what consists of a fair wage for what labor.
我被困在另一个社交平台的一个帖子里，正跟人争论什么样的劳动才算拥有公平的工资。
@secularnevrosis
Never mind the taxes. You work more and get payed less while the company you are hired by takes out more profits. Ofc they use that to get policies that is good for them and bad for you. Like paying lower taxes than you do.
税收倒还是其次。你干得更多，拿得更少，而雇用你的公司却攫取了更多利润。当然，他们会用这些钱去换取对他们有利、对你不利的政策。比如，他们交的税比你还少。
@MrSloika
Yup, I remember trying to learn by working on my own car as a kid and I was treated like scum by the local parts and tool sellers. They acted like I was trying to force my way into their exclusive club. . I'm sure most of them are dead now, may they rot in hell.
没错。记得小时候我想通过修自己的车来学习，结果被当地的零部件和工具商当成垃圾对待。他们的表现就像我试图强行闯入他们的“高级俱乐部”一样。我敢说他们中大多数人现在已经死了，愿他们在在地狱里烂掉。
@walsakaluk1584
@MrSloikathat's a sad experience. In Oz, in the 70s, the parts and tool sellers were really helpful. So were the automotive trades folk. It was hardly a closed or gate kept shop. Everyone is sort of related...
@MrSloika 那真是一段悲惨的经历。在 70 年代的澳洲，零部件和工具商都非常乐于助人。汽车行业的从业者也是如此，那根本不是什么封闭或设门槛的行业。大家多多少少都有点交情……
@bobsoft
@thomasrobinson182 So far Dewalt batteries are repairable, cant say the same about Ryobi, or Milwaukee as they have a micro controller on the BMS that shuts it down when it detects a cell fault
@thomasrobinson182 到目前为止，得伟的电池还是可以修理的。但利优比或米沃奇（Milwaukee）就不行了，因为它们的电池管理系统（BMS）上有微控制器，一旦检测到电芯故障就会直接锁死。
@bobsoft
@mindeloman I like the fact you can get any part from China at a reasonable price that you would never find locally. Making it possible to repair items you would otherwise have to throw away. I repair soo many electronics that way.
@mindeloman 我喜欢这样一个事实：你可以从中国以合理的价格买到任何在当地根本找不到的零件。这让修理那些本该被扔掉的东西变成了可能。我用这种方式修理了很多电子设备。
@hc3733
@walsakaluk1584 It's called "Mass production". You guys did it first, in the 40s, 50s and 60s. LOL. It's that the big corps and Wall street people have grasped the power to limit supply, and mark up everything so high that makes you think all the bits and pieces SHOULD cost an arm and a leg, whereas in the 50s America, or 2020s in China, it's not.
@walsakaluk1584 这叫“大规模生产”。你们在 40、50 和 60 年代率先实现了这一点，哈哈。只不过大财团和华尔街的人掌握了限制供应的权力，并把所有东西的价格标得极高，让你觉得这些零部件“理应”贵得离谱，但在 50 年代的美国或 2020 年代的中国，情况并非如此。
@edwardglowacki4495
Nowadays you buy a thermostat and you have to buy the gasket separately.
现在你买个节温器，还得单独买垫圈。
@mph5896
Na, you buy a thermostat and hope it doesn't stick cooking your engine.
不，你买个节温器，然后祈祷它别卡住，否则会烧坏你的发动机。
@Sam-go3mb
Nowadays you go to buy a thermostat and learn it's integrated into an entire front-engine coolant passage assembly that has to be replaced whole for $1200 and lasts 2 years
现在你去买个节温器，结果发现它被集成到了整个发动机前端冷却液通道总成里，必须花 1200 美元整体更换，而且只能用两年。
@AbandonedNorthJersey
@Sam-go3mb 1200 is usually what I will pay for a well kept 90s grandfather car so long as it ain't high mileage
@Sam-go3mb 1200 美元通常够我买一辆保养得很好的 90 年代“老爷车”了，只要里程数不太高。
@nikonhckr
@mph5896 I learned from my dad to place the new one in boiling water to make sure it opens before using it.
@mph5896 我跟我爸学的：把新的节温器放进开水里，确保它能打开再装车。
@SevenSixTwo2012
How very true! I tore into my truck's cooling system while changing the water pump a few years ago and got a new thermostat, hoses, etc. for the job. While reinstalling everything, it turned out the damn gasket wasn't included for the thermostat. Since I couldn't drive it to a parts store without a working cooling system, I had to reuse the old gasket and hope it holds.
What a despicable practice by OEMs to save 3 cents!
太真实了！几年前我在给卡车换水泵时拆开了冷却系统，买了新的节温器、软管等。结果重新安装时，发现那个该死的节温器竟然没带垫圈。因为没冷却系统我没法开车去零件店，我只好重复使用旧垫圈并祈祷它能撑住。厂家为了省 3 美分竟然搞这种卑鄙的行径！
@thomasrobinson182
@AbandonedNorthJerseyNot in California.
@AbandonedNorthJersey 在加州可买不到（这种便宜车）。
@bobbylibertini
...and then you find out it's defective right out of the box, after you've installed it.
……然后你发现刚拆箱的东西就是次品，而且还是在你辛辛苦苦安装完之后才发现。
@Nordic_Mechanic
you can have the gasket for free if you subscribe for monthly thermostat purchases. You know, cause they are all shit nowaday , better change each month until you get one that works :p
如果你订阅节温器“包月套餐”，就可以免费获得垫圈。毕竟现在的质量都很烂，最好每个月换一个，直到换到一个能用的为止 :p
@bobbylibertini
@Nordic_Mechanic In the old days, at least if you paid a subscxtion, it would've come with a free monkey to install it.
@Nordic_Mechanic 在以前，如果你付了订阅费，至少会附赠一个“免费猴子”来帮你安装。
@AbandonedNorthJersey
@thomasrobinson182 that's not fair, I bought a California engine once and had to de California it I still don't fully understand what does that mean, but I paid
@thomasrobinson182 这不公平。我曾经买过一个“加州版”发动机，还得专门给它做“去加州化”处理。我至今还没搞明白那到底是什么意思，但我确实付了钱。
@AbandonedNorthJersey
@nikonhckr I believe !
@nikonhckr 我信！
@whysoserious7014
@nikonhckr
That was in the day if your starter or alternator started giving you problems, you figured out the issue and fixed it. New Bearings and brushes for alternator (paper clip was as a brush installation tool), replacing the bendix on starters. Now days mechanics don't fix but are just code readers and replace part.
@nikonhckr 以前如果你的启动机或发电机出了问题，你会找出原因并修理它。给发电机换新的轴承和电刷（回形针就是安装电刷的工具），更换启动机的单向齿。现在的技工根本不修理，他们只是读取故障码然后更换零件。
@bobbylibertini
@AbandonedNorthJersey It's tedious work taking the pineapple and avocado off. And the instructions! I mean, Chinglish can be funny, but I can't deal with that "Dude" this, and "Harsh your buzz" that.....
@AbandonedNorthJersey 要把里面的菠萝和牛油果弄出来可真是个乏味活儿。还有那些说明书！我是说，中式英语（Chinglish）可能很有趣，但我实在受不了那种一会儿“伙计（Dude）”，一会儿“扫兴（Harsh your buzz）”的调调……
@MrTheHillfolk
@Sam-go3mbthis.
Let's re-engineer the wheel, oops I mean thermostat which has worked for well over 100yrs , probably 200 and add electric components and a stepper motor to control coolant flow. Oh, and engineer of the electrical components to be in direct contact with the coolant.
@Sam-go3mb 没错。让我们重新发明轮子——哦不，我是说重新发明已经用了 100 多年、甚至可能 200 年的节温器，加上电子元件和步进电机来控制流量。哦，还要把电子元件设计成直接接触冷却液。
@MrTheHillfolk
@whysoserious7014this is coming back around a lot in the enthusiast areas. Put new CV boots on those good axles in your car now. Replace brushes and bearings in alternators and starters. I actually took a gamble on a Chinese alternator for my car. When I got it I removed the voltage regulator/brush assy. The tension on the brushes was horrendous, so I unsoldered them and put them in my OEM voltage regulator and put that in. The basic assembly "should" be ok, it's the electronics.
@whysoserious7014 这种趋势在发烧友圈子里又流行回来了。现在大家都给车上那些好的半轴换新的防尘套。更换发电机和启动机的电刷和轴承。我其实冒险买了一个中国产的发电机。买回来后我拆掉了电压调节器/电刷总成。电刷的张力简直糟糕透顶，于是我把它们焊下来装进了我的原厂电压调节器里。基础机械总成“应该”没问题，出问题的往往是电子部分。
@craighooper6362
Napa used to be the go to I was out of town stopped by a different Napa ordered a part looked in the box no little nuts so I tried to put the nuts off the old one on it and it was the wrong thread pitch so I bought one that was more that had nuts on it
以前纳帕汽配是我首选。有次我在外地，去了另一家纳帕店，订了个零件，打开盒子一看，里面没有配小螺母。我试着把旧零件上的螺母拆下来用，结果螺纹间距对不上。后来我就买了个更贵但带螺母的版本。
@hemihead68
My POS dodge dart has or uses an unique size shape o-ring for the thermostat housing and you think one can purchase just the o-ring ? Nope gotta by the whole package, the housing, thermostat and o-ring.
我那辆破道奇达特，节温器壳体上用的是一种特殊尺寸形状的O型圈。你以为能单买这个O型圈吗？想得美——得买整套总成，壳体、节温器、O型圈一起打包。
@JohnSmith-pl2bk
@bobbylibertini
That's why you test right out of the box...and take it back when it fails.
@bobbylibertini 所以才要拆箱即测……坏了就直接退货。
@BruceLyeg
And CV Axles that don't come with a new axle nut. Would it kill them to throw a new cotter pin in the box with the ball joint too?
还有半轴竟然不带新的半轴螺母。在球头盒子里多扔一个开口销会死吗？
@dannyg1153
@craighooper6362as someone who currently works at a corpo owned store by that very company, it's only getting worse. They don't even care if there's only one guy running the operation the entire day anymore, they cut off all the festive bonuses (this time round we got a firm handshake and a "Good Job, sonny!") they cut back on quota bonuses (used to be monthly now quarterly and they halved the amount as well ) and the parts I'm seeing are more or less the same as, Advanced auto farts, O'shitty and AnimalZone. Having worked in different auto parts companies I can say with some confidence that they use the same whitebox distributor mevotech, NAPA IMO still has a slight merit with the FLEET line of chassis parts but if you want the same just get the parts from (I believe its a Canadian based company, I have a high suspicion it's quietly Chinese owned) Mevotech, TTX line... 80% of the time it's the same product, with only differences as to exactly what specifications we want the part to perform. China is very very capable of delivering parts that can perform to the standard that we expected American made parts, the problem is everyone plays the damn game like it's a race to the bottom; Who can get it cheapest and fastest, but we forgot about who can make it the best! We used to have fkn standards.
@craighooper6362 作为一个目前就在这家公司旗下企业直营店工作的人，我只想说情况只会越来越糟。他们现在根本不在乎店里是不是只有一个人撑一整天，节日奖金全给砍了（这回我们就得到了一个坚定的握手和一句“干得好，小子！”），业绩奖金也缩水了（以前是月度奖，现在改季度奖，金额还砍了一半）。而且我看到的这些零件，基本上跟 Advanced Auto Parts、O'Reilly 和 AutoZone 那些店卖的没什么两样。我在不同汽配公司干过，可以比较有把握地说，它们用的都是同一家白牌分销商——Mevotech。我个人觉得纳帕的 FLEET 系列底盘件还是稍微有点优势，但如果你想要同样的东西，直接买 Mevotech 的 TTX 系列就行——我怀疑这家公司其实是家加拿大企业，但很大概率是中资背景。80% 的情况下产品都是一样的，区别只在于我们对零件性能指标的具体要求不同。中国完全有能力做出符合我们期待的、媲美美国制造标准的零件。问题在于大家都在玩命地搞逐底竞争——谁能拿货最便宜、最快，却忘了谁才能做得最好！我们以前特么的是有标准的好吗。
@pederramse4409
You need shelf space for 2 things insted of 3. The individual parts need to be there anyway, if you have the kit as well it takes up more space. If you just have the kit someone and someone just needs the gasket then you have nowhere on the shelf to put the thermostat. It is just more efficient that way
你需要的是放两样东西而不是三样东西的货架空间。既然单独的零件总归得在那儿，如果你再加上一个套装，就会占用更多空间。如果你只卖套装，而有人只需要垫圈，那你就没地方放那个节温器了。这样做（分开卖）效率更高。
@mitch9521
@Sam-go3mb I had to do that recently on my 2002 Ford Focus Zetec, the thermostat housings are kinda common to leak coolant with age, the thermostat is built into the housing. Wasn't $1200 but it was like $90 CAD for a good quality one.
@Sam-go3mb 我最近刚给我的 2002 款福特福克斯 Zetec 换过这个。节温器壳体老化后漏冷却液算是常见毛病，节温器是集成在壳体里的。倒没花 1200 美元那么夸张，不过一个质量好的也要 90 加元左右。
@williamjackson5942
Chevrolet ford and dodge often used the same thermostat but different gaskets, so you almost always had to buy a gasket seperate back in the 70s and 80s1
雪佛兰、福特和道奇经常使用相同的节温器，但垫圈不同，所以在 70 和 80 年代，你几乎总是得单独买垫圈！
@Sam-go3mb
@mitch9521 And it's plastic I'm guessing? 2002 is pretty early for that kind of fuckery I'd have thought, manufacturers were mostly still good then. Well I guess 24 years is a good effort for that housing, none these days would go that long
@mitch9521 我猜那是塑料做的？2002 年就开始搞这种幺蛾子，比我想象的要早，当时厂家大多还算良心。好吧，我想这壳体能撑 24 年也算尽力了，现在的车绝对撑不了那么久。
@PaulDouglas-i5m
@williamjackson5942 Back in the 70's and 80's my car spares store Sold Sheets of Gasket Paper.....I Made my Own Gaskets ......
@williamjackson5942 回到 70 和 80 年代，我的汽配店会卖成张的垫圈纸……我都是自己剪垫圈的……
@jayjaynella4539
@SevenSixTwo2012 Blame an accountant for the enshittification of everything.
@SevenSixTwo2012 把一切都变得“垃圾化（enshittification）”的罪魁祸首就是会计师。
@wgemini4422
This is so common in China. You would always get something extra. Oh, and no tipping in restaurants either. You pay what's advertised, not 15% taxes on top and then another 20% tips on top of the taxes.
这在中国太普遍了。你总能得到额外的赠品。噢，而且餐馆也不用付小费。你看到什么价就付什么价，不用在上面加 15% 的税，然后再在税后的价格上加 20% 的小费。
@mbmcclure3579
This makes me homesick for the days gone by and how things used to be.
这让我开始怀念那些逝去的日子和往昔的事物。
@scroungasworkshop4663
Maybe, but perhaps you’ve forgotten how expensive everything used to be.
也许吧，但可能你已经忘了以前的东西有多贵了。
@ronunderwood5771
Yeah, I myself am nostalgic for a time that never was.
是啊，连我自己都在怀念一段其实从未存在过的时光。
@markc5593
Greed is killing America.
贪婪正在毁灭美国。
@FortyGritSandpaper
Sometimes its the many perpetual race to the bottom situations where some guy for a six pack will undercut the small businesses because he has a day job that pays well at a mega corporation.
有时候，这种情况就是那种没完没了的逐底竞争造成的——某个在大公司拿着高薪、有正经工作的人，为了赚点外快（哪怕只是几罐啤酒钱），也要把价格压得比小商户还低。
@exploringhistory5796
That’s why nothing is made here anymore. All about maximizing profit! Sad.
这就是为什么这里不再制造任何东西的原因。一切都是为了利润最大化！可悲。
@davidcat1455
@FortyGritSandpaper
That ain’t the problem. It’s the 900 billionaires in the USA that have 90% of the wealth. Greedy for more corporate profits to buy another yacht while the workers barely get by. Same problem here in Australia, just a few less billionaires.
@FortyGritSandpaper 那不是问题所在。问题在于美国那 900 个亿万富翁占据了 90% 的财富。他们贪求更多的利润去买游艇，而工人们只能勉强度日。澳大利亚也有同样的问题，只是亿万富翁少几个。
@cameronstamey599
@davidcat1455You got that right brother. Here in America it got to the point where there's not enough profit margin to do something nice for someone anymore. Your damn near going in the hole just to be marketable and get work. Not saying people don't want to be generous the option just literally isn't there anymore.
@davidcat1455 你说对了，兄弟。在美国，现在的利润已经低到让人没法去为别人做点善事了。为了保持市场竞争力并接到活儿，你几乎是在亏本赚吆喝。不是说大家不想慷慨，而是根本没有慷慨的余地了。
@FortyGritSandpaper
@davidcat1455 Corporations benefit when small businesses suffer. Its the nature of their game. Their day shift employees have to moonlight to make ends meet, It saves the corporations money and hurts the small businesses struggling to keep prices affordable to clients while at the same time attempting to keep up with the soaring rate of inflation. Same old story been happening 40 plus years.
@davidcat1455 小企业受难，大财团受益。这就是他们游戏的本质。他们白班的员工不得不兼职贴补家用，这为大公司省了钱，却伤害了那些努力维持低价、同时还要拼命追赶通胀率的小企业。老掉牙的故事，已经上演 40 多年了。
@whatthefluxchuck
Companies having CEO's who know nothing about their companies products, and politicians who know nothing making rules about things they know nothing about, and bureaucrats, sports figures, and celebrities that don't know their ass from a hole in the ground are among the most greedy.
公司的 CEO 对自家的产品一窍不通，政客们对他们制定的规则一窍不通，那些官僚、运动员和名人们甚至分不清东南西北，却往往是最贪婪的一群人。
The masses don't pay any mind to what they buy, who from, how it's designed, or any detail that matters, they pay attention to the advertisements, and if any of their friends or family buy it. If someone they know buys one and flaunts it, they'll want one too, just in a different color scheme, so they can be "original". Or people will buy it because "it's new, it's gotta be better than the old", which is why auto companies have gotten a serious infection of total product enshitification, and are still making and selling enshitified cars and trucks.
大众根本不在乎买的是什么、从谁那儿买、设计得如何，也不在乎任何重要的细节。他们只关注广告，或者亲戚朋友买没买。如果他们认识的人买了一个并拿出来显摆，他们也会想要一个，哪怕只是换个配色以求“原创”。或者人们买它仅仅是因为“它是新品，肯定比旧的好”——这就是为什么汽车公司患上了严重的“产品垃圾化”病，却依然在制造和销售那些垃圾汽车。
If the masses weren't stupid, not one vehicle made since 2000 would have ever left the dealerships to be driven on the road. Instead they'd have sat, rotted a bit, and then been taken back by the manufacturers to scrapped and recycled.
如果大众不那么蠢，2000 年以后制造的汽车根本不应该离开经销商开上马路。它们应该在那儿烂掉，然后被厂家收回去报废回收。
If greed is killing America, it's because America is a bunch of stupid idiots who will buy whatever is advertised by the flashiest and trendiest dipshits of "high society" "celebrities"and "influencers" rather than a nation of people who are capable of critical thinking and thus do not cater to the greed of those who make shit products that are hyped up by seekers of fame, fortune and popularity that will push any shit product if they are paid well enough.
如果贪婪正在毁灭美国，那是因为美国有一群愚蠢的笨蛋，他们会购买那些“上流社会”、“明星”和“网红”推销的一切东西，而不是一个有批判性思维、不迎合那些制造烂货的人的民族。那些追逐名利的人只要钱给够，什么垃圾产品都能吹上天。
Many people are willing to buy stupid shit and they won't know it's shit if the shit has sparkles, a fancy paint color, and some cheap colored LED lights. Put a USB port in a dog turd, I bet it would sell. Paint a rainbow on a rock with a little scxt that reads "I identify as non- orbiting micro planet, I bet that would sell.
很多人愿意买愚蠢的垃圾，只要这垃圾带点闪粉、涂个漂亮的颜色、装几个廉价的彩色 LED 灯，他们就认不出来那是垃圾。在狗屎上装个 USB 接口，我打赌都能卖出去。在石头上画道彩虹，写上“我自认是一颗非轨道微型行星”，我打赌也能卖出去。
As long as the customer base has a majority of stupid suckers, there will be those willing to sell anything those stupid suckers will buy. So, is it really GREED killing America, or is it more that the majority of Americans are stupid suckers?
只要客户群体中大多数都是愚蠢的受骗者，就会有人愿意向他们出售任何东西。所以，真的是“贪婪”毁灭了美国，还是因为大多数美国人都是好骗的傻瓜？
@Hemingray1893
@whatthefluxchuck my brother and I were talking the other day and something like this got brought up. He goes “if you told me the idea for DoorDash 10 years ago, I would never believe it would be a sustainable business. You’re telling me people will pay twice as much to get fast food delivered? Yet, here we are.”
@whatthefluxchuck 前几天我跟我哥聊天时也聊到了类似的事。他说：“要是十年前你告诉我 DoorDash（一家总部位于美国旧金山的科技公司，主要经营在线食品外卖配送平台）这个点子，我绝对不会相信它能做成一门可持续的生意。你是说人们愿意花两倍的价钱让人把快餐送到家？可你看看现在，还真就成这样了。”
@thomasrobinson182
So much of the greed is so-called public servants.
很多贪婪都来自那些所谓的“公仆”。
@rcnelson
Say customers who 15 years ago gladly bought Chinese instead of American and saved a buck.
那些 15 年前为了省一块钱而欣然购买中国货、拒绝美国货的顾客们也会这么说。
@thomasrobinson182
@rcnelson Their bottom line hasn't improved, so they save anyway they can. If you weren't wealthy, you'd understand.
@rcnelson 他们的收入并没有提高，所以他们只能想方设法省钱。如果你不富有，你就会明白。
@TheGman-z5y
greed is killing everything....
贪婪正在毁灭一切……
@justinschmidt9180
Greed has been killing America for a long time
贪婪毁灭美国已经很久了。
@jsprit6669
It’s the end phase of capitalism!
这是资本主义的末期阶段！
@beauhatman4395
It’s already dead, bro
它已经死了，兄弟。
