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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
This is the kind of pseudo-free market thinking that actually reduces to the "ones with the big guns, money, power have the right to do whatever they want" that is to my mind a big part of quite a few problems.
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It's only a problem when the public knuckles under and buys things against their better judgment. When they buy, the "big guns" have them right where they want them. It's the public's job to say "NO," and make businesses understand what they will and will not accept, and to back that up with purchases (and, in the political arena, with votes). Whining to businesses to "give you a break" is a waste of time, when there is a clear mechanism to getting what you want: ACT.
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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
There is such a thing as the interest of the public around and disregarding it in whatever cause is dangerous.
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We're talking about entertainment, here... not revolution. But either way, it is up to the public to make clear what they want. Commerce has (at least) two participants: The seller's job is simply to make a profit, the best way they can; and the buyer's job is to get what they want, but not be ripped off in the process. The buyers have to uphold their end of the exchange, which means sometimes exercising the right to NOT BUY, and in banding together to get community or government support of their desires, or businesses will not have any reason or need to change.
Edit: Just read the Flint essay. His comments don't really address the subject of the thread, but they do make clear that businesses that get too draconian about selling their wares aren't doing themselves any favors. He maintains (as I do) the power is really in the people's hands.