I have since reversed my position on these products, by the way, and now enjoy them both! And that’s the genius of capitalism. The secret behind all these seemingly silly products is that they wouldn’t exist in the first place unless they were meeting a need that ordinary people actually have. A demand exists in the market, producers meet that demand, and consumers benefit. A supply chain is set up, each node along it is compensated for its role, and businesses profit from the margin between the retail price and the cost of goods sold. An entire economic value chain, millions of little
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