humanities.philosophy.objectivism

Matt W. Barrow wrote:


> > I'm a coffee nut myself, if you don't want it, send it to me.
>
> No, I already drank the stuff (my wife doesn't drink coffee, but loves the
> aroma); it was when I went to reorder that I read their hippy-dippy stuff.

(I feel an almost overwhelming urge to dig up the coffee line from PULP
FICTION...)

> > I will patronize businesses that have slightly higher prices that give me
> > a little better service or just treat me nicely.
>
> Yes, so do we, but do you go to premium places BEFORE you find their level
> of service?

Precisely. This "fair trade" stuff appeals to people who are interested
in buying for some reason *other* than taste or quality or whatever. The
premium they're paying extra for, is that smug warm feeling of
solidarity with some idealized image they have of little brown barefoot
people in the jungle.