Instead of taking 32 puffs of smoke, Jef. spoketh upon us:
>"...if you had a beef with a department store, for instance, you could
>always go to another department store: '**** you, Macy's I'm going to
>Gimbels!' "
>"You couldn't say: '**** you, Phone Company! I'm going to the ...uh...
other
>phone company...' "
>' Yeah, schmuck? *WHAT* other phone company?'
>"Man; you get too hot with the Phone Company and they'll **** *you*, Jim!
>You'll wind up with a piece of string and a couple of tin cans: 'Hello?
>Hello...?' "
Home appliances? There used to be dozens of manufacturers to choose
from. All with their original ideas and designs. All made in Europe.
Now there is only Electrolux, who bought out every other major company
in Europe.
Cars? German Volkswagen bought Audi, bought Spanish Seat, bought Czech
Skoda and so on. Peugeot bought Citroen, Talbot...
Globalisation everywhere. But do we really understand what it brings.
The best joke is this: whatever brand of computer or computer part you
buy, it is all made in the same neighborhood. You can't buy a
motherboard made in Germany. Or a DVD drive from the UK. There is, for
example, a large, huge, plant for manufacturing motherboards, which
are sold to half a dozen companies who stick their stickers on them
and sell them under different names.
I am getting carried away, but honestly, every day we have less real
choice. But that is not the real problem.
The real problem is that we think we do.
--
Tihomir 1Y1M, Knin, HR 44°N 16°E
http://www.quitbuddies.org
Quote 2148 of 9169:
"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?"
-- Ursula K. Leguin
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