tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post330035158107994998..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: Reservoir DorksStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-54023192822723336342007-04-20T23:38:00.000+02:002007-04-20T23:38:00.000+02:00You're absolutely right. We do all willingly collu...You're absolutely right. We do all willingly collude in the process of buying and selling, even if reluctant to do so, and that's a really frightening thought. It suggests the majority of us have no will of our own or that it's simply easier to accept the status quo.<BR/><BR/>Brainwashing or resignation or a bit of both? Interestingly, those are the very concepts that were at the heart of the "Gridlock" episode of "Doctor Who", last Saturday, which partly explains why I enjoyed that one more than some as I believe you did too!TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-54646940171826918222007-04-20T13:23:00.000+02:002007-04-20T13:23:00.000+02:00Too right - how else can you describe a process wh...Too right - how else can you describe a process whereby products are routinely and deliberatley sold at prices well in excess of their actual material value? And yet we all willingly collude in this process. Looked at in the cold light of day, capitalism really sucks. And then add to it the fact that it has majorly contributed towards climate change and you have a marketing nightmare in every sense of the word!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-72513668775098507122007-04-20T02:44:00.000+02:002007-04-20T02:44:00.000+02:00The protons and neutrons that Sir Candyman so easi...The protons and neutrons that Sir Candyman so easily dismissed are more of the "real world" than the arbitrary pricing policies that are at the centre of all business.<BR/><BR/>I've always believed that conducting business is a euphemism for legalised thieving which to most people is probably an oxymoron!TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.com