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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
So is it simple greed? If so, why wasn't it this way previously (or was it?)
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I think it is expanded greed. Over the past few decades it seems that becoming rich is a sport that is taken to the extremes. There have always been the uber-rich, but conspicuous consumption has spread more broadly and there is now a huge industry that makes money off of making money (instead of making things or ideas). Probably tracks back to the 80's when getting an MBA turned into the desired goldmine path and the economy moved away from manufacturing things and into manufacturing "wealth."
So with that mindset, of course business is going to try and maximize profit, and leverage every advantage they can.