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Case in point - Stolen stereo gear; If there wern't people BUYING it, there would be no market for it.
At some point in time everyone has to ask themselves, WHAT if anything or not does my role play into the outcome of things in this: Contract, Transaction, security, situation, ect...
Second case in point - Job market; People complain all day and night long about wages, loss of jobs, especially well paying blue collar jobs requiring little to no additional schooling., Industrial complex, ect.. A lot of these jobs went over seas [China, Taiwan is still American territory but costs job losses], companies seeking max profits for the least amount of wages to be paid out as liabilities. Catch 22, not enough fair paying jobs in the market place.
50+ years ago, China was thought of enough to be considered a 3rd world country. PRESENT DAY - Rules haven't changed, All postal/shipping for exports was subsidized by MANY other countries allowing them to ship for FREE.. So when you ask yourself why cant American companies ship for FREE, its because 1st world problems and no subsidies. Almost can't wait for that to go away.
Those praising Trump will likely slow once people realize all the new tariffs and taxation will unhinge the FREE shipping. Maybe people will spend their money elsewhere in support of American job creation and employees. You want better and higher wages? Spend you money where you live first, your State when you can, and at the very least America first. NOTE: I wasnt a voter at all this last election. I was more anti-hillary than pro-trump but to vote for the lesser evil is still voting for evil in my opinion and logic.
My point being that so much is made in China, EBAY, Walmart's, Amazon, among other larger entities spawn a maturation of a mentality spurred by what the actual buying power of a dollar is in today's America. And when you have people just follow along in suit, and then the other half has no real clue of what their dollar would have bought 30 years ago. A cognitive dissonance begins and breeds.
This may sound off-topic from the thread but its completely relative. Voting with your dollars on what prospers or becomes a den of thieves is paramount by the market place in which we all spend our money and when that market is so expansive in size that confusion and chaos alters the landscape of attention and others begin to use it as a tool to take advantage of others seems inevitable. Find other ways to trade or barter items. Whether be forum based (goes for buying and selling), other venues. IF Craigslist is the cesspool it is, why spend your time and energy proping it up. When less people use or visit, eventually it will go to the wayside like so many other formats of things.
just some thoughts
Last edited on Sun Sep 9th, 2018 07:23 pm by Undrstm8ed
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