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eppur_se_muova

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6. Competition is overrated.

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Original post)

Sun Nov 25, 2012, 02:56 PM

Nov 2012

I know the Free Marketeers believe competition only leads to ever-increasing good, but competition is meaningless if there aren't losers as well as winners, and the losers are not helped by the process. But Free Marketeers only count the winners; the losers are supposed to disappear to ... someplace.

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It's a bit of a puzzle. I guess he (i.e. Brick) is buds w. someone up the ladder. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2012 #3

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The tide is beginning to turn. sulphurdunn Nov 2012 #4

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You're right. sulphurdunn Nov 2012 #8

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Competition is overrated. eppur_se_muova Nov 2012 #6