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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by AmericanChopper on Sunday August 14, 2022 @08:58PM (#32464688)
> So we can't trust what consumers say they want, but we can trust what you say they wan't?

I’m not saying they want anything. I’m saying that what they want is revealed by their choices and not how they might answer any particular question when prompted. In economics this is called a revealed preference.

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday August 14, 2022 @10:12PM (#32465136)
> I’m saying that what they want is revealed by their choices

You still have not addressed how does this square with lying.

What should happen when I ask primark staff and they say 'there is no slave labour'?

Is it also my responsibility to fly to Taiwan, break into the factory and defeat their security in a shootout, to find out that thwy use slave labour?

At least I hope the state won't protect primarc in case I want to make sure they are not lying before I buy a t-shirt?

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by AmericanChopper on Sunday August 14, 2022 @11:05PM (#32465414)
> You still have not addressed how does this square with lying.

That’s just regular fraud. It’s already illegal.

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