• astraeus
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    11 year ago

    I’m not sure I was disagreeing with you in the previous statement. I haven’t thrown my shoes I’ve only put hundreds of miles on yet.

    My point is that it isn’t exactly easy to find good shoes unless you invest a lot of money into them, especially in North America since we’re specifying locales. Most stores, even specialty stores, don’t carry custom-made or handmade shoes that are re-soleable. You could blame that on car-dependency, but it’s more likely due to an overall lack of understanding why one would need shoes that last much longer. People spend their money on cheaper, shorter-life shoes because they don’t have that much money to begin with.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I’m not sure I was disagreeing with you in the previous statement

      Then don’t repeat things I explicitly mentioned, as if I said something else?

      Also get better examples. Brooks break down as easy as Asics, Saucony, whatever. They are exactly the “single use” product I spoke about, making the shoe and clothing industry in general highly non carbon neutral, which was my point.

      it isn’t exactly easy to find good shoes unless you invest a lot of money into them

      Yes, it’s called the Sam Vimes “Boots” theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

      You could blame that on car-dependency

      I don’t blame that on anything but capitalism.