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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months ago

Capitalist media be like

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Capitalist media be like

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months ago
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/price-gouging-after-a-disaster-is-good-for-the-public-1507071457

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    By dropping prices during the evacuation, the airlines ensured that flights filled up more quickly, making it harder for many to escape.

    Bro I just… Wtf

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      Don’t you know? If your airline prices are higher you have more plane capacity!

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        making it harder for many* to escape.

        many: rich people

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    I get a lot of mileage out of sharing this diagram:

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      The immortal science of Marxism. :)

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    bourgeois rag says what

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Boudreaux

    Donald Joseph Boudreaux (born September 10, 1958) is a libertarian American economist, author, professor, and co-director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

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    Wow, I thought this for sure had to be satire…

    Also, here’s an archive link:

    https://archive.is/hN0MH

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    Late stage capitalism

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    The price gouging will continue until morale improves

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