"How should we understand the statement that the buyer causes the production Master? Often, the buyer is not known to the producer, nay he does not yet think of buying."
"Naturally, the producer, the manufacturer is the direct cause of the production and sale of goods, yet, he ONLY does so because-, (i.e. he is caused to cause ), of his knowledge and expectation of potential buyers. Without that, he would not produce. I, on the other hand, would not dream, ever, to buy a chainsaw, a rocket-launcher, yet, my existence, statistically, is roped-in in a total, in percentages even, and so, may well be part of the cause of their production. But bear in Mind, the distinction between cause and 'being responsible for'. In general, it can be said that every individual on the planet, upon his appearance on the planet, CAUSES so many cubic meters of wood, or acres of forest to be destroyed during his life, so many KWH's being converted in powerstations and spilled as heat into the environment, but also, so many radios, bicycles, motorcars being produced, and typewriters, whiskey bottles, towels, handbooks, air advertisements, bar-stools etc. etc. When we buy, we act, we act in causing the production of the product. Our responsibility, then, is to be sparce with all this, AND to limit our NUMBERS."