RE: Authority of the marketplace?

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Dean Forster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:34 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: Authority of the marketplace?

> Your impartial NZ, American hating/mocking sources, who are so extreme
> in their views that they think you're anti-green?

You mean, as opposed to those impartial "let's wreck the eco-system for the
sake of profits" people that dwell in boardrooms? Or do you mean: Kat's
sources -- as opposed to those absolutely impartial "let's mislead the
public by telling lies and witholding vital information" people that run the
big industries?


> But above all, in a free market economy, the Big Nasty Baby Killing
> Soul Sucking Corporations make what they love most, money, by doing one
> thing.
> 
> They give people what they want.

It's a bit more complex than that. First they'll make a product we have done
without all our lives, then they advertise it to make us believe we actually
want that product and can't live without it, and then they sell it to us.
:-)

Welcome to the wonderful world of marketing.   :-)


> I know just as well as you that it's easy to sit back and critique what
> others do while not making a contribution yourself.

Hey, give her a break, will you! She's still in the process of getting an
education -- an education which will make it possible for her to contribute
later. I doubt *you* started making contributions to society right after you
were born.


Jeroen

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