Re:Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's
by anon48293 on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @01:37AM
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> Mars and Hersey and … idk is there another candy company?… don’t meet in a smoke filled room figuring how best to make you poor and fat.
That’s exactly what they do.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mars-nestle-hershey-accus...
> If your industry does meet in a smoke filled room, that is neither capitalism nor a free market.
Yes it is, which is why you need regulation and law enforcement.
Re:Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's
by gaze on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @09:08PM
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Who said anything about trying to make anyone poor and/or fat? I’m saying they try to maximize profits. Why does the room have to have smoke in it? They meet in a room — and now you’re doing “no true Scotsman”
What “the market will bear” isn’t what you think it is. Mars and Hersey and … idk is there another candy company?… don’t meet in a smoke filled room figuring how best to make you poor and fat. “What the market will bear” in a free market much more means what you can offer as a value before you introduce a opportunity more competition or an alternative to your product.
If your industry does meet in a smoke filled room, that is neither capitalism nor a free market.
I suggest everyone read Sowell’s Basic Economics at least once as an adult.