> the factory system allows certain people to out-compete the previous weavers with a shitty product that’s really cheap
This quote is thrown, off-handedly, to describe the product of a weaver.
Some of the highest quality and most valued apparel today is made of completely synthetic materials, through automation.
We can debate about the merits or necessity of that on its own, but I think the argument that automated outputs are inherently and universally worse on objective quality measures is a losing argument with readily available examples that counter it.
This quote is thrown, off-handedly, to describe the product of a weaver.
Some of the highest quality and most valued apparel today is made of completely synthetic materials, through automation.
We can debate about the merits or necessity of that on its own, but I think the argument that automated outputs are inherently and universally worse on objective quality measures is a losing argument with readily available examples that counter it.