Wednesday, July 31, 2019

The Democratic Washing Machine – American Greatness

The Democratic Washing Machine – American Greatness
"What on earth is a Democratic washing machine? 
...No. 
Nothing so grand. 
The Democratic washing machine is just that: a washing machine. 
...An over-engineered monstrosity, inflicting inconvenience and expense into something that, for earlier generations, had become easy and cheap.
The Democratic washing machine is so named because it was Democrats who decided to ruin a durable product in a mature industry. 
See the source imageIn the name of saving electricity and saving water, they couldn’t save just a little electricity and a little water. 
No, they had to force manufacturers to create a product that used almost no water. 
...The Democratic washing machine is front-loading instead of top-loading, because that will save a few gallons of water, but your clothes flop around inside a drum that’s on a horizontal axis. 
Clothes get damaged and they don’t get very clean, and you have to get onto your knees on the floor to load and unload them, but hey, if you do this, the ice caps won’t melt, right?
...What is this madness? 
...Since when was it in the interest of consumers to use washing machines that are confusing to operate, difficult to load and unload, do a poor job washing clothes, damage fabrics, break down every few months, can’t really be repaired at home by “owners,” and inflict lifetime costs many times what legacy machines cost?..."
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