http://theryanking.com/entries/2005/03/12/how-the-us-saved-the-world-by-buying-vast-amounts-of-stuff/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:56:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://theryanking.com/entries/2005/03/12/how-the-us-saved-the-world-by-buying-vast-amounts-of-stuff/#comment-131 Paul M. Jones Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:04:36 +0000 http://theryanking.com/blog/archives/2005/03/12/how-the-us-saved-the-world-by-buying-vast-amounts-of-stuff/#comment-131 Yay captalism! Yay globalism! Yay for the bourgeious elite! Without the rich (for whom sellers compete by lowering prices and increasing quality), goods and services cannot become cheap enough for everyone else; only the wealthy (in a relative sense) can subsidize that development. And with the increase in availability of goods and services and common expectations, what follows is "peace through shared culture." Good stuff, man, thanks for the link. Yay captalism! Yay globalism! Yay for the bourgeious elite! Without the rich (for whom sellers compete by lowering prices and increasing quality), goods and services cannot become cheap enough for everyone else; only the wealthy (in a relative sense) can subsidize that development. And with the increase in availability of goods and services and common expectations, what follows is “peace through shared culture.” Good stuff, man, thanks for the link.

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