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A fundamental principle of capitalism is that goods will sell for what they will be bought for. That's part of the deal.
by headhasthoughts 4y ago
A fundamental principle of capitalism is that goods will sell for what they will be bought for. That's part of the deal.
- lazide 4y agoWhat is your point exactly?
- headhasthoughts 4y agoPart of the deal everyone's living under is that we live under a system of rough supply and demand. Selling something for what people will pay for it is not a shell game, it's basic economics. The price for people who choose not to be stalked is the default price.
- lazide 4y agoWhen pretty much no one pays the ‘default’ price it loses relevance. In fact, when almost everyone pays the ‘stalking’ price, even when they obviously don’t want to be stalked and go out of their way to screw with the program and attempt to stop the stalking, your comment seems to completely ignores actual reality, which is heavily influenced by marketing, social pressures, price pressures, etc? You know, actual market forces in a capitalist environment? A shell game is one where misdirection is used to point someone towards an option which benefits the person running the game if the other player chooses it, by hiding the actual choice they want through confusion and obfuscation. Seems like a perfectly appropriate description here?