>>513182136the man buys a new tool in 5 minutes and then goes back to work making cars.
or he spends 5 hours repairing his shitty tool and thus gives up 4:55 hours of car making and the world loses X many cars, and we are all poorer.
opportunity cost, you fool.
>"but what about the opportunity cost of making all those new tools"manufacture is easy to automate, repair is almost impossible to automate. that's why it costs $75 to buy a brand new beard trimmer including profit margin and it costs $70 to replace the battery on an old one because you have to pay $10 for the battery and $60 for the labour.
or you could do it yourself, but let me guess - you've got better things to do with your time.
well, so does everyone else. if you want your broken shit repaired, waste your own time doing it.