[blackdog]

Think of this. A central state utopia becomes a merchant to each person based on their needs. At some point the state just assigns the products based on need. There will be no choices.

So we will re-live the days of the USSR with one peanut butter, one set of bed sheets, one pair of shoes, and two light bulbs.

Amazon is just the foreplay and dating stage in the relationship. Just wait until the honeymoon is over.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Well I certainly don’t want to see things evolve into Soviet style retailing. The nature of capitalism is that companies tend to grow and mature. We’ll see. I appreciate having various sources of goods and services rather than a central state utopia.