My point is that things weren't as dire in 1970 as you wrote. You can make your same argument without doubling their prices.

I think people are correct to be angry that RAM over the last year has gotten more expensive for the same quality.

I stopped buying jeans 20+ years ago when they started falling apart too quickly, even when I bought them from a Levis store. It may be possible to buy $212 jeans that have the equivalent durability of spending $25 on jeans back in 1970s, but wading through the dreck of expensive crappy jeans sold for brand recognition or where price is used as a false indicator of quality and durability is not worth my time.

That feeling of wasting my time is not captured by simply comparing prices.