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Why does everything needs to be economically viable?

koolba 6mo ago
Because that’s what has traditionally allowed western countries to have a wide availability and inventory of goods vs communist economies.
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- bojan 6mo ago
  But why does the availability have to be wide? Maybe those stories can do few things, but do them well. Sell staple foods and healthy choices.
  - halflife 6mo ago
    Because than people won’t come to your store. People buy where they can purchase the maximum of their shopping cart in a single place. That is why you have loss leader grocers, where they pull people with dramatic discounts on specific items, but the total cart costs the same
    - yohannparis 6mo ago
      I understand your point of view. But in cities of all sizes, it's easier to not have to do that. For example in NYC, a medium size city, you can easily go do your shopping in multiple places, and not at the same time.
      - halflife 6mo ago
        Yes, and some people do that. Some consumers go to specific stores to purchase specific qualities of brands. But most do not, especially for convenience products. You get it where you can.
    - orwin 6mo ago
      That's not how it used to work. That's still not how it works in my country. I buy my bread from a specialized shop, my cheese from another, and my fresh produce from yet another. I know people who only buy their meat from a butcher (I do it sometimes, but not always).
      - halflife 6mo ago
        It really depends on the countries culture
- jmyeet 6mo ago
  Counter point: China. Economic viability isn't what led to "wide availability and inventory". No, it's imperialism. It's exploitation of the Global South. It's paying slave wages through subsidiaries in West Africa to cocoa farmers while making sure those countries stay poor, for example. We also wage economic war on our our anointed enemies like Cuba and then use the inevitable result of that economic warfare as a reason why our system is good.
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halflife 6mo ago
Not everything does - transport infrastructure, healthcare, sewage, for example do not. But economic viability -> competition -> research and development -> economic growth

Because that’s what has traditionally allowed western countries to have a wide availability and inventory of goods vs communist economies.

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bojan 6mo ago
But why does the availability have to be wide? Maybe those stories can do few things, but do them well. Sell staple foods and healthy choices.
- halflife 6mo ago
  Because than people won’t come to your store. People buy where they can purchase the maximum of their shopping cart in a single place. That is why you have loss leader grocers, where they pull people with dramatic discounts on specific items, but the total cart costs the same
  - yohannparis 6mo ago
    I understand your point of view. But in cities of all sizes, it's easier to not have to do that. For example in NYC, a medium size city, you can easily go do your shopping in multiple places, and not at the same time.
    - halflife 6mo ago
      Yes, and some people do that. Some consumers go to specific stores to purchase specific qualities of brands. But most do not, especially for convenience products. You get it where you can.
  - orwin 6mo ago
    That's not how it used to work. That's still not how it works in my country. I buy my bread from a specialized shop, my cheese from another, and my fresh produce from yet another. I know people who only buy their meat from a butcher (I do it sometimes, but not always).
    - halflife 6mo ago
      It really depends on the countries culture
jmyeet 6mo ago
Counter point: China. Economic viability isn't what led to "wide availability and inventory". No, it's imperialism. It's exploitation of the Global South. It's paying slave wages through subsidiaries in West Africa to cocoa farmers while making sure those countries stay poor, for example. We also wage economic war on our our anointed enemies like Cuba and then use the inevitable result of that economic warfare as a reason why our system is good.

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halflife 6mo ago

Not everything does - transport infrastructure, healthcare, sewage, for example do not. But economic viability -> competition -> research and development -> economic growth