Well thanks guys, next time remind me to neglect this thread. It seems I have offended the "conservative forumists" who wish to only trade lv. 99 character stats or brag about how many times they have completed ff7.

mmm, Natural progression always occurs, even in the case of monopoly, as the long run marginal cost increases all firms are forced to implement new technology. If shinRa failed to do this then they would fall the way to "black market makoists" the most abrasive threat to the monopoly (small providers operating outside the formal market systems). Or as we see terrorists such as the avalanche group.

A monopoly is like a large empire (USA) it must continually improve else the small parties of barbarians will over turn it like a turtle. But Big D I totally agree with the weapons manufacturing as ShinRas origin, it really challenges the pop myth of "alls well that ends well" and the ends justify the means....ShinRa began corrupt and continue to be corrupt.

Sorry to those people if I wasted your time I will refrain from posting my essay on the "gold saucer" as a reference to the desert states casinos (economic hijacking, games theory in non-competitive and non-commodity regions….this is why large casinos are so triumphant in the desert, yet they have a limited life span as capital depletes…leaving a ghost town). FF7 certainly does make good economic commentary, yet very few people wish to discuss it.