Atlas Shrugged?
My family history is research and design, they have so much on back shelves that could impress the heck out of moneyless customers, but they think falling apart almost free to produce crap is the way to go.
Just a for instance, on a dirt floor factory in frogland 1955, Citroen Id 19 = front wheel drive with center pivot hydraulic steering, giant inboard disc brakes with auto-hydraulic anti-lock (also easy to change pads you could replace yourself in 5 minutes), hydroneumatic suspension that used the rear pressure to assist braking (instead of being thrown forward in a stop the rear lowered like in a speed boat when you close the throttle), crumple zones, protected gas tank, etc. & etc. and on and on.
I don't mean to bore anyone, I just wanted to point out how far out of line production development has been for over half a century.