• tpihkal@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You voted with your wallet. That’s how capitalism is supposed to work.

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      1 year ago

      except actual voting is 1 person = 1 vote. shareholders, corporate conglomerates, and lobbyists have made it that 1 person gets millions upon billions of votes. when we do vote with our wallets and buy from the places we want to support, the corporations always win in the end. either by buying them out, or because what we supported decided to cater to shareholders instead of customers. just look at what happened to reddit

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      1 year ago

      If capitalism worked Buffalo Wild Wings wouldn’t exist. Trash food. Go to a local pub or something.

      • LetMeEatCake@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The value that chain and fast food restaurants bring isn’t quality. Their value is (1) convenience, and (2) consistency.

        Many people will often prefer to have a known quantity quickly in preference to a highly probably better but uncertain quantity slower. Every Dunkin Donuts has donuts that taste the same as all the other locations. That’s more valuable than people think.

        That’s why those locations are successful.

      • blueskiesoc@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        We don’t have pubs in the area next to my local BWW. Lots of places don’t have pubs.

      • IHeartBadCode@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Capitalism does work in the voting with your wallet. However there’s two things that tend to get in the way. Laziness and mergers. Either customers don’t care and/or all your other opinions got bought out.