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[–] mumblerfish 63 points 11 months ago

Adam Smith: if you make a profit, others will see it and start a company that will take part of that profit by competing, and so on and so on, util all companies are perfectly streamlined to satisfy demand efficiently.

Neoliberals: so what you are saying is we should avoid competing at all cost? Sure! No efficency! Only profits!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago

Why compete when you can not?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Of course, for business “do better for low prices” is usually translated “work longer for longer for lower salary”.

[–] frunch 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Welcome to Barnes & Staples & Kohl's & DunkinDonuts/Baskin Robbins & Noble

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You forgot:

I love you.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Companies gobbling up other companies like pacman.

Tale as old as time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Evolution really hasn't gotten passed the amoeba model

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We're losing ~~customers~~ love

You could offer better ~~service~~ dates and lower ~~prices~~ infidelity

Haha no, I'm just gonna ~~merge~~ have children

[–] Gnelfo 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No. Do I come off as okay?