This is an interesting piece, Mike. In marketing, there's a principle that too many choices is bad, and as a business owner, I've lived this first-hand.
I tend to agree about educating the consumer as being the key to success in navigating away from the ridiculous offerings... after all, the reason they're selling 40,000 products or whatever is simple: because we're buying. Still, this is a complicated and VERY big problem to try to solve. I agree that the onus is on convincing the public since meaningful legislation will remain unpopular until people are demanding fewer "choices" that aren't really choices.
This is an interesting piece, Mike. In marketing, there's a principle that too many choices is bad, and as a business owner, I've lived this first-hand.
I tend to agree about educating the consumer as being the key to success in navigating away from the ridiculous offerings... after all, the reason they're selling 40,000 products or whatever is simple: because we're buying. Still, this is a complicated and VERY big problem to try to solve. I agree that the onus is on convincing the public since meaningful legislation will remain unpopular until people are demanding fewer "choices" that aren't really choices.
You give the reader a lot to think about.