Okay, show me a list of high end products that last with our society of corporate planned obsolescence.
My friend just picked up a 50+ year old joiner and drill press that still works like a boss. Meanwhile, my Delta drill press that I've had for less than a decade has already started acting up.
I'll grant you that higher priced items will last longer than the harbor freight stuff, the Sam Vimes 'Boots' Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness still apply in this day and age, but it's not anywhere near the build quality and maintainability that things used to be, at least that's what I've noticed.