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"People should always know better. I mean people people don’t get they don’t get smarter about things that get as basic as greed and you can’t stand to see your
by njharman 18y ago
"People should always know better. I mean people people don’t get they don’t get smarter about things that get as basic as greed and you can’t stand to see your neighbor getting rich. You know you’re smarter than he is, and he’s doing these things, you know, and he’s getting rich, and your spouse is getting unhappy with you because you aren’t doing pretty soon you start doing it. And so you get what I call the natural progression, the three I’s: the innovators, the imitators, and the idiots. And that’s what happens. Everybody just kind of goes along. And you look kind of silly if you disagree."
That is the "free market" at work. And why I shake my head in disbelief at people who think/expect the free market solves problems.