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<blockquote data-quote="Leonard D Neubache" data-source="post: 1167674" data-attributes="member: 11069">Bosch covered it, but another shorter way of putting it is this.Moves like the one Loreal made don't make sense if you work on the assumption that these corporations only care about making money (isn't that one of the most ingrained tropes of our society?).The reality is that if a small handful of elites virtually own all corporations lock, stock and barrel then why would they care about competing financially with each other? Money is only relevant insomuch as what you can achieve with it.All of these events make far more sense when you look at corporations as non-competitive entities pushing a political agenda. Cut &quot;markets and profit&quot; out of your thinking. Why does (((this guy))) care if you take your money down the road and spend it with (((that guy))) instead? Do you think he's suddenly going to struggle to find change to catch the bus home?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Leonard D Neubache, post: 1167674, member: 11069"] Bosch covered it, but another shorter way of putting it is this. Moves like the one Loreal made don't make sense if you work on the assumption that these corporations only care about making money (isn't that one of the most ingrained tropes of our society?). The reality is that if a small handful of elites virtually own all corporations lock, stock and barrel then why would they care about competing financially with each other? Money is only relevant insomuch as what you can achieve with it. All of these events make far more sense when you look at corporations as non-competitive entities pushing a political agenda. Cut "markets and profit" out of your thinking. Why does (((this guy))) care if you take your money down the road and spend it with (((that guy))) instead? Do you think he's suddenly going to struggle to find change to catch the bus home? [/QUOTE]

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