Guamer [she/her]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 days agoThe U.S.: Where there's more brands of peanut butter than there are major political partiesmessage-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareThe U.S.: Where there's more brands of peanut butter than there are major political partiesGuamer [she/her]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTom742 [they/them, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·15 days agoMuch in the same way 20+ brands of peanut butter on the shelf where the only major difference is the style of the label isn’t actual consumer choice.
minus-squarevovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·15 days agoConsumer choice is when you leave the decision of what’s produced and how and where in the hands of the free market instead of democratic institutions and unions.
Much in the same way 20+ brands of peanut butter on the shelf where the only major difference is the style of the label isn’t actual consumer choice.
Consumer choice is when you leave the decision of what’s produced and how and where in the hands of the free market instead of democratic institutions and unions.