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Well, you aren't forced to live in a house or use a toilet or buy your food. If your conditions are 'forced' then I guess the bar is pretty damn low, but everyo
by Eisenstein 3y ago
Well, you aren't forced to live in a house or use a toilet or buy your food. If your conditions are 'forced' then I guess the bar is pretty damn low, but everyone I know wants to operate in modern society and to do that one requires the use of services run by large quasi-monopolistic corporations.
- scarface_74 3y agoSo which part of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs can’t be met without depending on “monopolistic” tech companies?
- Eisenstein 3y agoDo you think anyone is convinced by your simplistic rhetorical device? Let's some questions which don't lead immediately to your 'thought-terminating cliche': What does having a monolith contribute to society both in terms of value and innovation? Are there examples where this ended up being beneficial? Is it a good idea to allow the logical conclusion of free market capitalism be one monopolistic entity which has stifled or bought all competition? What do you think there is to gain by doing such a thing?
- scarface_74 3y ago> Let's some questions which don't lead immediately to your 'thought-terminating cliche': So you can’t come up with an example… > What does having a monolith contribute to society both in terms of value and innovation? Which BigTech company is a “monolith” without competition?
- Eisenstein 3y agoYou insist people answer your stupid question but won't answer others. How quaint.