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> pushing low quality plastic products that don't last.

It also feels like it's killed any mid-tier options. Everything seems to be "cheap stuff made overseas", "same cheap stuff with a brand name wholly or mostly made overseas", and "expensive, but nice stuff".

E.g. go try to find a set of combination wrenches made in the USA for even triple the price of what you can get at Harbor flFreight.

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Wrenches is a weird example to use, there's well defined tiers in hand tools.

harbor freight < craftsmen/kodiak < mac/matco < snapon

Each tier gets a little pricer and quality is different at each level.

However I do understand the point you're making and it is valid.

Craftsman, Husky, and even Channel Locks combination wrenches aren't made in the US anymore. I guess I just don't give them much more credit than the "higher end" harbor freight ones.

The price difference between Craftsman and matco isn't an option for most consumers.

Wrenches also aren't the best example because they're less likely to fail as well.

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