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lid writes:
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>"alsandor" > wrote in message
roups.com...
a ecrit :
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>> 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.

Someday, perhaps a million years from now, 90% of people with any
education at all will know that there are economic principles beyond
supply & demand.