Reply #47: This is so amazing.

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I still can't get over the fact that we have some MARKET POWER. It's hard to overestimate the importance of this. Think about it: the US is about marketing. Retail. Sales. Push some more sales on the hapless consumer.

Without sales, the US falters. Like a big stumbling giant, it staggers back and forth, threatening to topple. When we get together as a large group, we reclaim our power over THEM. Our pocketbooks are the TRUE LEADERS. And think about the DU: we're about 60,000 members. Not a huge amount in terms of the US (population: around 288,000,000), but I've gotten emails from the Democratic Party urging us to favor the "Blue Companies".

I LOVE THIS. This is one of the best posts I've read since joining the DU, almost 2 years ago.
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