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Originally posted by wonderwench
No they do not. Without consumers, the corporations are powerless. If corporations make things that people do not want, they go out of business.
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We've already covered that. I'm talking about
before, and you're talking about
after, when the horse is already out of the barn. The consumers didn't make the decision to turn the horse loose, the corporations did.
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Originally posted by wonderwench
We have a choice: a centralized, planned economy (we've seen the abyssmal failure of that approach in the old USSR) or a free market in which individuals get to decided what they purchase. Given that we all have different needs and desires, the latter is highly preferable.
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I think the best solution lies somewhere in between. I also think we've beaten this horse to death. Thanks for the debate.
