What do you guys think of this argument against REI?

[Lucas Mills]

Please see the screenshot I took of this forum post, here.

I don't even know where to begin on what to think about this -- what is this guy talking about?

Edit: The same guy posted a follow-up response, as seen here.

Interesting stuff. Personally, I don't have anything against the concepts that he is describing, but I'm pretty ignorant to this line of thinking. I like the way things are now because of the opportunity it does present, but does that mean that more people are worse-off because of the few that have the chance to benefit to this degree?