Right, but how is that related to your initial point about companies producing millions of cheap flashlights? I was led to believe that your concern wasn't so much in the product, but the amount of the product, namely because you mentioned that this was done so that people could pick the colour, and also:
"I'd rather not have to clean that shit up from the land of my country."
You then went on to talk about stock; understocking, and overstocking.
So what are we talking about here? The actual product itself, or the stock of the product? There is a difference. I do not deny that under capitalism, a government has no control over the type of product a company can produce (unless it was illegal, etc), but under both socialism and capitalism, control over the amount of stock of a product is still based on the market.
"I'd rather not have to clean that shit up from the land of my country."
You then went on to talk about stock; understocking, and overstocking.
So what are we talking about here? The actual product itself, or the stock of the product? There is a difference. I do not deny that under capitalism, a government has no control over the type of product a company can produce (unless it was illegal, etc), but under both socialism and capitalism, control over the amount of stock of a product is still based on the market.
