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I'm cynical as hell. I have never had any "faith" in the consumer to be able to regulate things with their wallet, but even I was shocked by DD's success.
I remember finding out how shit the whole system was for the "employee" and thinking "that sucks. If it's a good deal, this will take off and become the new type of low work". Then, I was so relieved when I saw that everything was 2x the price and always arrived cold, on the floor outside.
I watched in horror as everyone started buying it every chance they could! At every income level!
Watching people use DD has done more harm to my view of people than I could ever have imagined possible. I thought it was already so low, and then, a new floor in a lower hell opened up before me like some kind of toothy, butthole-lotus with tentacles.