http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z9iMgSNrwv4&feature=related
(my apologies to Brian)
So check out this video. It's Lewis Black ranting about seeing two Starbucks across the street from each other. I think it's pertinent because it shows our society's love affair with designer coffee and our need to get that coffee as quickly as possible. I'm assuming that the Starbucks are right next to each out of perceived necessity. (People waiting in line for too long when there was only one Starbucks). Though, funny though Black's rant is, Starbucks isn't the only company that is able to position its stores in close proximity to one another. In Oahu on Waikiki Beach there are about 25 ABC stores within a 4 mile radius - and they're all full 24 hours a day.
What do you guys make of this? Capitalism at its best perhaps...but is it necessarily efficient?
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No. It isn't. In fact it's a perfect example of the inefficient use of resources that capitalism actually is, once you strip away the inane propaganda and get to the heart of the cult of capital
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