Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected
by angersock on Sunday February 23, 2014 @12:53PM
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why not boycott all cartel grown drugs?
Because Bayer and Amazon can drive the bastards out of business much faster, simply by being better organized.
Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected
by nirnira on Sunday February 23, 2014 @09:31AM
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Walmart and Amazon are hyper-efficient organisations that are able to deliver extremely low-cost goods. Hence their popularity. If ultra low prices are what consumers want, then what's to stop someone attempting to sell marijuana that cheaply? Again, not really a vicious cartel's forte. A cartel's forte is violently excluding competitors to maintain high profit margins in a market hidden from normal legislative balances.
As long as all the growing takes place within the legalisation territory (i.e. nothing is sourced from illicit operations in foreign nations) then I see no reason why violent organisations would dominate legal trade of psychoactive substances.
"4) In a competitive, legal market, the successful firms will be the ones which offer the best product - the firms with the best drugs, the highest standards of quality and ethics, the nicest stores, and the best customer service. Why buy from dodgy drug-dealers when you can walk into a beautiful store and get great customer service?"
Really? So Walmart and Amazon have the highest standard of quality and customer service..really??????
"Why buy from dodgy drug-dealers when you can walk into a beautiful store and get great customer service"
Because money talks. The government will tax and regulate drugs. Many users will not want to pay a higher price for a lower quality product (quality might be THC levels, etc).
Why go to dodgy virus-laden websites to download software and music when you can go into a beautiful store with great customer service?
I'm all for the legalization of MJ, but I feel like common sense goes out the window in any of these discussions.
If the community is all about stopping the violence, why not boycott all cartel grown drugs?