> The reality is that our economic model often allows, and sometimes encourages, practices that are detrimental to consumer interests but beneficial to corporat

> The reality is that our economic model often allows, and sometimes encourages, practices that are detrimental to consumer interests but beneficial to corporate bottom lines. Thank you for proving my point. There is no such thing as a perfect system, and there never will be. Human society is simply too complex to be modeled perfectly - and without a perfect model, a perfect system is an impossibility. That doesn't mean we shouldn't seek to improve it, but it ALSO doesn't at all detract from the marvelous, unlikely miracle we witness every day and are so blasé about that we'd even contemplate supporting those who intend to burn it to the ground. Every time I bring this subject up, the curmudgeons always come out to tell us how bad we have it today. And they can do it too, because everyone who experienced the before times is now dead and can't speak up (I'm only old enough to speak up about the air pollution). Only a careful study of history can give a (partial) picture of just how shitty life was for 99% of people compared to today.