Drace
14th August 2008, 20:41
This is intended to be an argument against how the free market creates efficiency because of competition. I use the term technology to refer the crap they sell us. Sorry, I don't know a better term for it.
Even if technology made an individual be able to do 10 hour of work in an hour, its no achievement. Just the eventual average basic standard of living.
Industries create change when we don't request them. Thats the free market. People's wants for a profit creates products we don't need :-$.
The advancement in technology, is too rapid.
Oh and lets not totally blame it on the industries, were the ones who buy the things they sell although they are designed too be attractive.
We were all fine with the original Ipod, but since the original stopped selling, they had to make a better one so people would buy again. And Dammit, I myself got the Touch.
The only thing that makes us uncomfortable with the cheap $20 Mp3s is that we would feel bad seeing others with the expensive ones. Its all lies.
50 years ago our expectations were way less. We could have fun playing outside, be it tag or cards. Now since we need technology to have fun or going to the marketplace or the movies with friends.
The problem is... We have to pay for these things!
None of us can afford an unlimited supply of these.
And we need an unlimited supply because even a $300 Ipod gets boring in the first 20 minutes? LOL
This shit is pointless and have no value other then negative ones. Waste of natural resources.
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I suppose we can continue advancing in technology such as medicine, satellites and such, but is I not the free market that gives us these things? The competition of the free market creates change we don't want. As of a commune, I'm guessing what would happen is, when people see a problem with something, they can request change.
Also, with the money that goes into the capitalist's pocket, can we not create greater efficiency then what competition does? Well all competition does at most times is create unnecessary products.
Even if technology made an individual be able to do 10 hour of work in an hour, its no achievement. Just the eventual average basic standard of living.
Industries create change when we don't request them. Thats the free market. People's wants for a profit creates products we don't need :-$.
The advancement in technology, is too rapid.
Oh and lets not totally blame it on the industries, were the ones who buy the things they sell although they are designed too be attractive.
We were all fine with the original Ipod, but since the original stopped selling, they had to make a better one so people would buy again. And Dammit, I myself got the Touch.
The only thing that makes us uncomfortable with the cheap $20 Mp3s is that we would feel bad seeing others with the expensive ones. Its all lies.
50 years ago our expectations were way less. We could have fun playing outside, be it tag or cards. Now since we need technology to have fun or going to the marketplace or the movies with friends.
The problem is... We have to pay for these things!
None of us can afford an unlimited supply of these.
And we need an unlimited supply because even a $300 Ipod gets boring in the first 20 minutes? LOL
This shit is pointless and have no value other then negative ones. Waste of natural resources.
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I suppose we can continue advancing in technology such as medicine, satellites and such, but is I not the free market that gives us these things? The competition of the free market creates change we don't want. As of a commune, I'm guessing what would happen is, when people see a problem with something, they can request change.
Also, with the money that goes into the capitalist's pocket, can we not create greater efficiency then what competition does? Well all competition does at most times is create unnecessary products.