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I don't understand why there is an issue with markets entering the domain of "leisure", and I certainly do not think that this is something new. Is a hobby shop
by jpmoyn 8y ago
I don't understand why there is an issue with markets entering the domain of "leisure", and I certainly do not think that this is something new. Is a hobby shop immoral?
Micro-transactions in freemium video games have proven to be a great way to make money for games that are deemed worthy by their users. No one is being forced to buy the new skin in Fortnite.
You can't stop market forces. If you choose not to partake, good on you. But applying your own personal moral concept of what leisure should be onto the entire country is worse than Fortnite making me pay $10 for the new skin.
- knuththetruth 8y ago>You can't stop market forces “Market forces” are not natural phenomenon, they’re political impositions on human interaction in places where and to the extent which they’re useful. It’s fully within our power to prevent their intrusion into domains where this application is wreckless, destructive, or immoral. Many more sane developed countries than the US, for example, have done this with healthcare.
- quadrangle 8y agoAmen
- twinkletwinkle 8y ago> You can't stop market forces. Surely you can, we do it all the time. That's why we have subsidies on American sugar and tariffs on Chinese steel and higher taxes on cigarettes than on milk and... We have entire government agencies who spend all day thinking up ways to affect market forces.