Mote will reopen . Do it then P <| sep |> Cheers mate ! Shipped it out this morning ! D <| sep |> Yes , we . we agree . hides subscription to rfullcommunismJokes aside , yes we ' re not that distant . You make a very good point , often to outsiders the dynamics of finance seem almost like organized conspiracies , while often are simply the result of converging interests I too fall for this . And it is true that big corporations produce a lot of the luxuries that we can enjoy in our everyday life . Without them we probably would live a simpler life . What I often try to discuss with people that bring up the rise of quality of life with the rise of globalized capitalism is that there isn ' t necessarly a strict correlation between the two , even in the soviet union the average citizen had luxuries that a mere half a century prior were only for the outrageously rich . In the end it comes to the belief that capitalism is a very efficient system and in my opionion it isn ' t , in fact it is rather wasteful , but it is by far the fastest and consequently it ' s often the most effective . When I criticize big corporations and more in general the fundamentals of our system I don ' t do it out of spite or just because I enjoy pissing people off well , some people deserve it . It ' s because I think we are reaching a point where it ' s getting too costly to blindly believe in capitalism . Capitalism had an enormous success , it brought a lot of progress and wealth to the world , but it ' s not infallible and it ' s showing some cracks .