My point is that the home builders today are so given over to greed that any concern for quality is forfeited in favor of acquiring the most inferior materials for use in the home. Many homebuilders violate local and state building codes in order to make the most profit. They do all this at the expense to the homeowner who not only has to foot the bill to repair damage from shoty construction but could even suffer health consequences as a result of the builders incompetence and strife. Builders who actually posses ethics are extinct.
It's bad, but it's not as bad as all that. Say "endangered" rather than "extinct," and you're correct.
I say that because I know at least one ethical building contractor.