How Do We Fix the Collapse of Quality?

Every product now has an "extended warranty" admission of the collapse of quality and durability.

There's a great uplifting hope swirling around the potential to fix what's broken, and so here's my question: how do we fix the collapse of quality and durability that we now take for granted? What do I mean by the collapse of quality and durability? Here are a few examples of many.

1. Appliances that were once built to last 70 years now fail in 7 years …