I mean isn‘t what‘s described here also just basic supply/demand?
Unfortunately, the demand for things like food doesn’t go down just because you don’t have money
Sure, at the basic level, everyone needs food. But you can get a lot more granular about it. For example, a lot of people buy things they may not need to survive, like snacks/desserts. Or perhaps they do buy items they need, but they usually get versions that cost more (whether that be because the particular store is more expensive overall, or simply because they’re buying items that are more costly than things at the lowest end that still allow you to survive like beans and rice).
The point is, most (not ALL) people can buckle down their food spending in some way or another, and I think that’s what we’re seeing here.
Have you tried eating dog food to help the shareholders yet?
Unregulated capitalism will be the death of us all.
Capitalism will be the death of us all.
I’ll take it one step further: currency was a bad idea that turned resource allocation into a number-go-up game.
Disagree. Currency allowed the flourishing of civilization. You can’t effectively trade between cultures or at long distances on the barter system.
What we’ve done with currency since then, yeah, maybe we’re on the same side there. But currency, created as an abstract for value, was a great invention. Civilization as we know it would not have been possible without it.
Though, now that I mention that… maybe civilization “as we know it” isn’t so hot after all.
Don’t you love when you end up talking yourself out of your own argument?
Pretty sure laws exist that are supposed to prevent price gouging, but they require a government that actually enforces said laws…
“Laws” are not the only method humanity has come up with for defending each other against fraudulent and predatory behaviors. Where law has proven incapable of preventing victimization, the guillotine has a proven track record of convincing the ultra rich to stop thinking about their wallets and to start thinking about the needs of the people.
You are obsessed with the idea that you’re going to set up a guillotine to punish the wicked. You are an impotent nerd that gets off on violent fantasy online.
Calm. Down. You can’t even organize effective action against your own diminishing dreams. Stop advocating for violence. You’re in no position to handle it.
Go stroke your gun and fantasize about how it makes you strong and important; meanwhile, the world will, much to your confusion, continue not caring about your opinions.
You’ve read a lot of angry context into that that I did not provide. I think you protest too much.
One interesting aspect of a true democracy is that once the people have sufficient, collective justification to engage in violent revolution, peaceful reform suddenly becomes not just feasible, but the preferred resolution for everyone involved. It’s a bit of a paradox.
si vis pacem, para bellum.
No, I read a lot of context from your angry, impotent, and violent-fantasizing post history.
Your cute little performative Latin phrase is precisely my point.
No one cares about your violent fantasia.
I know, I know, “yer gonna regret saying that to me when they bring out the guillotines!”
Dude. It’s just awkward.
So the market works. What’s the issue then
