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Who is Ford to deny people what they prefer?
by recursive 2y ago
Who is Ford to deny people what they prefer?
- rectang 2y agoIt's hard to buy a TV today that isn't "smart", i.e. spying on you. There's more of a barrier to entry for automobile manufacturing than for TV manufacturing, so what goes for TVs goes double for cars.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoBecause Hayek's individual choice is an illusion. It's a failed idea. If you're a parent, you know that choice structuring is a powerful tool in coercing children to do what you want. "Do you want to do your homework before or after lunch?" isn't a choice to do one's homework or not. That decision has been made for the child. We should not be so arrogant to assume that we're beyond that. Individual choice in the context of the market place simply isn't. Too much money is on the line. Our choices are structured for us and we are their children.
- recursive 2y agoWho is Ford to challenge a central tenet of capitalism that underpins the economy of the country where its headquartered?
- kelseyfrog 2y agoNo one likes sacrificing to Moloch, but what else can we do? There's no one to say no.
- recursive 2y agoWe're all "free" to say no, to the extent that free will exists, as disputed elsewhere in this thread. But just don't count on the high council of Molochianism to be the one to do it.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoThere's no alternative economic systems. They've all been exterminated. There's no one else giving out choices. There is only Moloch. That's what I mean by choice. There isn't