Yeah, that's what made them good.

They taste better when you didn't pay for them. So, ya know, shoplift.

I blame finance bros and their default mode of viewing film as an industry. It isn't. An industry is factories manufacturing cars and shit. Film is art, and a gamble on some eccentric weirdo's idea for a cool story. Remakes are an attempt to remove the risk of a flop without understanding the art.

That's easy. Humans are kinda dumb. On an unrelated note, have you considered the many benefits of being some manner of small furry animal?

Home ownership is the new eldritch horror

Have you considered screaming at the universe?

There's an article by Timothy Snyder on lithub titled "Resist Authoritarianism by Refusing to Obey in Advance." Good article. Worth reading.