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Re:Milton Friedman: Is Capitalism Humane? (1977) [video] by Kaze404 on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:06PM (#22505230)
No, what's produced is what the system wants people to think they want. Nobody wants 100 slightly different brands of the same thing. That said, I'll concede that sometimes we don't know what we want (the iPhone for example was a net positive).
Re:Milton Friedman: Is Capitalism Humane? (1977) [video] by oDot on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:22PM (#22505387)
You'd be surprised. I live in a country with only a couple brands per product (talking groceries here) and it is abysmal.

Even if they make all the different kinds of, say, cheese (and they don't), the quality is terrible, because they don't have those 99 competitors.

Re:Milton Friedman: Is Capitalism Humane? (1977) [video] by Kaze404 on Friday March 06, 2020 @01:36PM (#22506035)
I'm in a similar situation, though to be completely honest I don't mind it much. I lived in a big city with significantly more choices and while it was undeniably better, I don't really miss it.