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The Phoebus cartel, the beginnings of planned obsolescence.
The amazing thing is how not only did a long lasting light bulb get designed early on, but that the later bulbs were designed to fail specifically after a given point (1000 hours). That's precision.
I also blame Edward Bernays, the father of consumerism/consumption.
"Torches of Freedom" lol