Dean Forster wrote:
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> Corporations are not in a
> big conspiracy together {snip}
> They give people what they want.
{snip}
> They give people what they want.
uh, no. they sell people things that people will buy. some of that
stuff has a _very strong resemblance_ to what people want, and some
of it simply is what is available. (and sometimes people buy things
that they don't want - but which they think they need.)
> The free
> market runs on enlightened self interest.
however we all have differing enlightenments.... some of which are
shared by various corporate decision makers, and some of which are
not. when a concentration of power results in the only available
choices being ones selected by a particular enlightenment sometimes
others feel their self-interests being ill-served. i wonder if anyone
has tried to figure out 'when' a concentration of power slips from
being an increased efficiency (or a reward for a particular
elnightened self-interest) and starts to become a reducer of freedom
in the market.
cheers,
christopher
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Christopher Gwyn
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