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Your Glasses Got Worse On Purpose

Apr 9, 2026

How an Italian orphan built a $27 billion monopoly that controls the brands, the stores, the lenses, and the insurance.

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Your Power Tools Got Worse On Purpose

Mar 31, 2026

How TTI and Stanley Black & Decker took the same playbook in opposite directions.

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Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose

Mar 23, 2026

In 1986, a corporation that made women's lingerie bought every backpack brand you've ever trusted.

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WORSE ON PURPOSE

Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.

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