There's a prisoner's dilemma situation applicable within the industry, but not across broader society. If I like widgets the fact that there are two widget makers out there can only be a good thing from my perspective of getting good quality and value for money.
Then why are cooperatives not...
Look up opportunity cost.
Citation needed.
Competition within industry doesn't preclude cooperation outside of it. Look up 'I, Pencil'.
But you just said that they did, and that it was bad for their mental health. Either society is filled with unhappy rich people, or people are free to pursue...
Referee tonight is Jorge Larrionda, who has a track record of issuing huge amounts of red cards. This is good for us in two ways:
1. The Serbs have already indicated they may rest a few players currently sitting on yellows, this will make them even more likely to do so.
2. Introduces a further...
Then your argument is about relative wealth of musicians and doctors. Johnny Rebel down the road having a 3 storey mansion doesn't make my doctor's two storey house any less valuable, unless you believe that we should construct our economic system to massage people's egos/jealousy.
We've established that everybody in this thread puts their personal comfort above the death of some homeless dude to some degree, and when we're just arguing about price such moral absolutism is not warranted.