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In reply to the discussion: The Probelm With Capitalism [View all]MineralMan
(146,281 posts)When I think about complicated systems, I always backtrack to the fundamental structure of the system.
Every economic transaction involves exchanging one thing for another, whether the thing is a physical object or a concept. With many products, as in my cell phone example, thousands of transactions take place before the final one. Complexity makes a simple economic exchange impossible. I have no contact with the lithium mine worker who supplies ore to the refinery. He works for some corporation. At every step in the process of making a cell phone, transactions take place. It's too complicated to follow, frankly So, corporations exist. I don't even deal with Samsung, the corporation that made my cell phone. I got it from my cell service provider, Verison. I have zero connection to anyone in the long process that created the product I use.
Actually, I'm not debating with you at all. You seem confused about that. And then, you end with a personal insult.
I'm not interested. Sorry.