Capitalism is looking pretty disastrous for the average person right now...
in the news, today, privatized utilities firms are fixing wholesaler prices, hiking up energy costs and selling to the consumer at crippling prices and people are struggling and going without basics such as heating, here in Europe
and you get corporations, such as Starbucks and Amazon for example, which have driven small businesses, independent cafes and bookshops out of business, in the UK, yet they're managing to evade corporation tax on a massive scale - you think that's OK?
Capitalism is great for the corporations, but not so much for the average family who are struggling to make ends meet until the end of each month due to being hit by cut after cut after cut as well as increased taxes...
fwiw, i find it nauseating that B'man's (RED) is associated with some of these corporations quite frankly - i would love to know what their stance is on this latest Starbucks scandal... they really should choose their partners more wisely - or risk losing their credibility... they probably don't give a shit though LOL
Lesson 1: Capitalism is good for the average family.
You can cross shop (competition) across online and offline merchants (such as big bad Amazon) and buy cheaper goods based on corporations fighting for your dollar. The average family wins in they get higher quality goods at lower prices. You could even argue this even better for families than corporations as the corporation can't fix prices and have to make do with slimmer profit margins (Amazon operates their whole business at a 1% profit margin!).
(drops mike on ground.)