Do you guys have to sell everything? I'd like to buy the Earth's core.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Stewart uses hyperbole to criticize corporate greed and the commodification of everything.
- In plain terms
- He jokes that companies want to sell everything, even impossible things.
- What can you take from it?
- Corporate greed often ignores limits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you draw the line on selling?
- How much of life can be a commodity?
Another view
It uses absurdity that might miss real economic nuance.
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