• ironhydroxide
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    3 months ago

    Now, if the extra paid were to go to help those less fortunate. To make the community better, etc. This may not be such a bad thing.

    And if the “pay more” was based solely on how much money you have, not how much you’re likely to want the thing being bought.

    But capitalism has to capitalism and so the extra goes to rich assholes yacht and bunker funds.

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      3 months ago

      I agree to an extent, but watch out for this:

      Now, if the extra paid were to go to help those less fortunate. To make the community better, etc. This may not be such a bad thing

      That’s what they’ll claim. They’ll say the people with money are subsidizing the poor single mothers with two jobs (but they’ll say it in a way that makes people feel good) so that they can get reasonably priced groceries. But we all know that those poor single mothers will be paying the current margins while everyone else is paying extra that goes directly to profit those at the top.

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        3 months ago

        Agreed fully. Capitalists must capitalize, especially when those being capitalized have no choice.