Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
> The illusion of choice in the absence of choice has become
> fundamental to our current economy
Indeed, the self-proclaimed "elite" have poisoned society with this
"choice is bad" indoctrination, to the extent where it is gradually
becoming impossible to lead a normal life. This is then exacerbated
by so-called academics who support such theories, fuel the hysteria,
then produce/endorse studies that negatively impact consumer choice.
Take Barry Schwartz, whose "choice is bad" lectures have apparently
convinced retailers like Tesco to consolidate product ranges to the
point where most traditional (i.e. good) brands have disappeared in
favour of tasteless, unbranded, genetically-modified, cheap garbage;
produced by slave labour in the third world. Who does that benefit?
Certainly not the consumer, nor the exploited slaves?
And this is not mere speculation, since Schwartz has actually cited
Tesco as one of his "success" stories; and as a long-standing Tesco
customer, I can tell you that the choices are becoming rather bleak,
in terms of grocery goods at least.
If "choice is bad" then naturally that implies that "monopolies are
good", which is precisely the ideology that the "elite" are all too
eager to propagate, since they believe they have exclusive right to
the world's resources. Like satanic chipmunks they hoard as much as
they can, killing to obtain it if necessary, so they can gorge them
-selves on it in the bleak winter to come; a metaphorical winter of
their own creation - induced because the landscape is now bereft of
those very resources that they now hoard. So what make the hoarders
believe they have such a right? Nothing but selfishness, malice and
greed.
Presumably Schwartz gleefully looks forward to the dystopian future,
where the whole planet is owned and controlled by just one man, who
starkly polarises society into the elite and their slaves. Will the
future ruler of our planet be crowned Caesar, I wonder, or CEO.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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