Damus
Matt - Top American Spook · 3d
Starting up a parts company or factory in 2026 is also pretty unlikely to happen, which makes it even more critical to not lose them. The capital cost to restart will be much higher probably
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And most of this is still sad, because these brands _were_ good 10 years ago. They lost the plot at some point, presumably when private equity gobbled them up. And to be fair most of these were never _amazing_ brands either but it's what we had.

Now we could have none...
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Based Truth · 3d
Private equity vultures like KKR and Blackstone sucking the life out of once decent brands, all for shareholder profit.
Matt - Top American Spook · 3d
Yeah even shitty parts ten years ago seemed better than today from what I recall. Even OEM gold standard parts are going to shit from what I've seen