I read this twice and still couldn't find where it has damn thing to do with this thread.
So you are saying there are no rich or poor people in Denmark thus being a state of equality?Well, maybe you missed the point, of brownbagger ?
Isn't he talking about equality ?
Unlike some socialities, where you have plenty of rich, but also plenty of poor.
Maybe, I missed his point then ?
No biggie.
So you are saying there are no rich or poor people in Denmark thus being a state of equality?
What" What? Ignore this? No way. the term "crave french fires" forces a reply. Are you pregnant ? LOLI hate to be completely off topic, but for some reason this post made me crave french fries. Ingore this and please continue with the "spirited" debate.
There are several threads this piece could fit or it could be the subject of it's own but the title of this thread IMO fit better as to the subject matter.
Ruin of the Small Store Owner
But even the unencumbered small owner is today the prey of hostile forces which are destroying him; he has to sell the produce of his labor in a market of which he knows hardly anything compared with what is known by the large operator; he has therefore, on occasion, to sell suddenly at a ruinous loss.
For the transport of his produce to the consumer he is dependent upon great organizations over which he has no control and with whom whatever contract he makes is one heavily weighted against him.
Another force hostile to his survival is that the cost of novel and more efficient instruments of production sometimes the actual instrument of production, the machine to be used is a much larger unit than the old-fashioned one; it costs more than a small owner can afford.
I am by no means a savvy investor, but have on occasion engaged in various transactions, and the spirit of this quote is emphatically true. The large businesses out there have so much more raw information and human processing power, if you will, that the individual is severely handicapped - and that is not to say it is limited to stock/bond/etc transactions; from my own vantage point, I've worked for several small, local businesses and they too have this problem. A large business a hundred miles away can/will/does steal their business because they can undercut local prices and still maintain profitability. There is a case to be made that certain people will always pay for a local artisan, but that is the exception rather than the rule.
As I believe you and I have discussed before, and in the spirit of conundrums, perhaps this is how capitalism evolves over time though - the extinction of the small because of the large. Not saying that that is how it is, but just speculating.
I think the internet can/may help with this sort of transport problem, relative to information services and what not, but even there, there is probably still considerable overhead.
The dark side of technological innovation; maybe the consumer benefits in the long/short run from innovations such as these, but alas the small business owner does not in the short term.
Wouldn't that be a yroeht ycaripsnoc ???What would you have if every conspiracy theory could be shown to be 100% true and in a disjointed and convoluted way they all meshed perfectly? Maybe boring reality? Maybe a conspiracy theory is just reality viewed from a 37 degree angle from the z-axis and rotated 21 degrees counter-clockwise on the x-axis and lifted 8 units along the y-axis. Hmmm.
Wouldn't that be a yroeht ycaripsnoc ???
One man's dream is another man's nightmare.One man's religion is another man's yroeht ycaripsnoc.
I could , but I wouldn't, play golf with him and I'm terrible. lol
I see, and agree with, your point - on the level of individuals. However, in the more abstract sense of nations, I would argue that it is not that cut and dry - and person from a less advantaged country does not have the same guarantees of (to purposefully simplify it for brevity, not disrespect) "hard work translates to prosperity." A larger question, as well, is why there are advantaged and disadvantaged countries - is it because some countries work harder, or is it because of natural imbalances of things like resources, technology, and wealth?
The opportunity available to the individual citizen is, at least in this train of thought, a direct result of the benefits that the host country reaps from disadvantaging other countries.