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Bob Myers wrote:

> "alsandor" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> a écrit :
>
> > The issue here is bio-uniformity for the sake of profits over what
> > nature originally offered us and which we blithely refer to as
> > bio-diversity (which is the natural state of things without man
> > screwing it up).
>
> And you know what? There's really not a damned thing wrong
> with that - "profits" are not inherently a bad thing, especially when
> you realize that there would be NO profit in doing this sort of
> thing IF PEOPLE DIDN'T BUY THE PRODUCT. The market
> in this case is ruthlessly democratic; as long as the majority of
> people vote with their dollars in favor of low cost over high quality,
> the market continues to deliver it as exactly what they want. The
> "good stuff" is still out there - it's just harder to find and more costly
> as a result of what the free market has determined is the optimum
> product offering.
>
> Sorry about that.

You do realise that Michel tends to look at things from a Marxist
perspective, don't you?

:-)

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Best
Greg