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Some pathology of codependency is based on people doing for someone else what that someone else should do for themselves.

This is also how one destroys markets. Say for example dumping cheap corn on markets to destroy the livelihood of local famers, then when they are gone jacking up the prices far above what would have been possible when the local farmers were still operating. This and other monopolistic practices are illegal and generally accepted to be morally reprehensible in most of the world.

There is a implicit deal that is being struck between suppliers and consumers. That what we get today we can get tomorrow. TQM style supply contracts often call this out explicitly building long term positive relationships between supplier and consumer. Unilaterally changing the deal is bad for buisnes by leaveing the overall environment unable to reliably plan or predict future actions.



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