Socrates

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concerns the auto industry and its planned obsolescence of cars. If the people in charge of car companies respected the Socratic philosophy, they would do everything in their power to further the development of the industry. It is too bad they aren’t as wise as that. For example, car bodies in Northern states tend to rust away gradually, thus ruining the car even if it were to last longer anyway. Auto companies have the capability to research and implement newer, more efficient engines that save us money on gas and cause less harm to the environment. They refrain, however, from doing anything to drastically improve the state of automobiles because that might mean that they would lose some money.
There are many companies based in the United States that import their products from foreign countries. The reason for this is that in some parts of Asia, people are so poor that they will work long days in factories for as little as one twentieth of our wages here. The companies can then ...

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