@Chuck
Isn't my point clear? I have questioned, in multiple ways, the general idea that people are independent consumers free from the toxic effects of marketing around "choice" and a variety of purchasing options. It's all the same topic here, and all related to the OP and to your comments. It's like when my high school students say that cars are good because of the "freedom" that they bring to their lives. That's of course not the entire picture of the benefit/burden equation of the automobile.

The automobile is an analogy, not a new topic.

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