The things that matter in this country
have been reduced in choice, there
are two political parties, there are a
handful insurance companies, there
are six or seven information centers…
but if you want a bagel there are 23
flavors. Because you have the illusion
of choice!
Well I mean, it’s usually one company making 23 bagel flavors. Look at toothpaste. There’s Colgate and then 15 Colgate variants. But if we go higher, the parent company owns 2-5 toothpaste beands, and those toothpaste brands have multiple variants.
And then we go even higher, and those parent companies are actually owned by the same group of people.
I mean if we want to get real about it, do we really want that fake choice either?
The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers… but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice!
George Carlin
Well I mean, it’s usually one company making 23 bagel flavors. Look at toothpaste. There’s Colgate and then 15 Colgate variants. But if we go higher, the parent company owns 2-5 toothpaste beands, and those toothpaste brands have multiple variants.
And then we go even higher, and those parent companies are actually owned by the same group of people.
I mean if we want to get real about it, do we really want that fake choice either?
Yeah that’s the “illusion” .
You know, I didn’t pick up that he was pointing that out too. George Carlin still hitting us from the grave.