scott wrote:

>>> ???
>>
>> Economy in the era of globalization is a clusterfuck of epic
>> proportions, and it is probably wise to think thrice (at least)
>> before making any assertions about how things work and how they
>> don't.
> 
> I haven't seen a valid argument yet why giving out free clothes will
> make their society worse off. The arguments so far seem to revolve
> around it being better that a huge number of people cannot afford to
> buy clothes, but so long as there is a healthy textile industry and
> rich people don't get free clothes that's ok.

Well, the reason is the same as the reason why schools shouldn't use 
microsoft's "free" educational software licenses.

Wealth, health, and happiness of a society have nothing to do with how 
much money people do not need to spend on something. So, giving them 
something for free doesn't help them at all, it just makes them 
dependent. Of course, for big industrial cothing companies, this means 
mission accomplished.

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