Comment by ericmay

People like all sorts of dumb things. Temu and these cheap crap products have a lot of problems, and quality is only the tip of th4 iceberg.

> Why?

Are you asking why they’re doing it?

> Why don't they have them do something with positive utility, like sweeping streets or providing elder care, or a myriad of other jobs?

They do, but they need people to be working in manufacturing facilities too, otherwise the gig is up. You can’t have millions or tens of millions of people sweeping streets all day - better to give them the illusion that the future is better by having them build and ship products.