> won't pay for X is exactly how you know that people don't want X this is not true in many cases -- a commodification of ordinary (and valuable) things drives

> won't pay for X is exactly how you know that people don't want X this is not true in many cases -- a commodification of ordinary (and valuable) things drives a price down, with motivated agents seeking "bargains" or plunder. Secondly, kindness is mistaken for weakness. Abundance with a gift economy and manners is replaced with rent seeking with punishment for offenders, and constant constraints imposed to increase price. The market is not making the most public goods, it is making the most effective jails and most addictive products as a natural result of profit maximization and command-and-control exchanges.