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> if they're wrong, they will be "punished" by market forces we live in age of monopoly, market forces no longer punish. in 1990's there were twice as many com

• secstate 3y ago
  Disappointed this was downvoted initially, you got my +1. Corporate reality in 2023 is creeping ever closer to a Weyland-Yutani plutocratic government where "market forces" are unable to put a dent in shitty corporate behavior. I have to fly Delta home. They cancelled my connecting flight, moved it to a day later and say "sorry, you can sleep at JFK!" The next time I fly, I've got 1/3 odds Delta will be the only one flying where I need to go. Rinse and repeat for online merchants. This will have ZERO effect on Amazon's ability to function because employees have ZERO clout in management meetings.
  • colpabar 3y ago
    What are you, a communist? The free market will fix that, any day now!
    • antisthenes 3y ago
      Unironically, millions of people still hold that viewpoint pretty strongly. Many Libertarians make a point of stating it in discussion as some kind of flex even. I have no idea why, as it is basically a declaration of one's own economic ignorance, but there you have it.
• josefritz 3y ago
  People forget how much it's changed but I think that's spot on.