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> essentially you see the free market and competition as a waste of resources that harms society. GP made no general statement of this sort. Misrepresenting ot
by cheerlessbog 8y ago
> essentially you see the free market and competition as a waste of resources that harms society.
GP made no general statement of this sort. Misrepresenting other perspectives is boring.
- seibelj 8y ago> Not when you construct factories, warehouses, office skyscrapers and shopping areas where those same goods will be manufactured, stored, marketed and sold, by thousands of competing companies. That competition leads to a lot of wasted resources in exchange for product improvements of a questionable value, like, the availability of fridges in a variety of colours. [...] Everything is deeply interconnected, and we really need to reevaluate our goals and interests as a society. Parent poster said this plainly, I'm not sure how you could read it another way.
- tepidandroid 8y agoGP unequivocally did make exactly that statement.