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Price gouging
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this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
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Businesses reduced prices when people started buying less of their product? HOW COULD IT BE.
Everyone wants a ton of cheap shit and they feel like price is owed to them. You want prices to be lower for shit? Stop buying shit. I assure you, that will really freak them out.
You want to see CEOs lose their jobs? Stop buying shit. You want to see the managerial class shrink? Stop buying shit.
The fact remains, no one is going to stop buying stupid shit. The entire global culture, to varying degrees but with few exceptions, is tilted towards consumerism.
Everyone keep doing what you're doing. Everything is fine. No cause for panic. You don't need savings. You don't need property of any sort. Want a song? I'll rent it to you. Want to live somewhere? I'll rent it to you. Movie? I'll rent it to you. Education? I'll loan it to you.
There are people with property, and those allowed to use it for a fee. Welcome to neo-feudalism.
Guillotine-themed peaceable assemblies freak out the managerial and executive classes considerably more than an uncoordinated boycott ever could.
Good luck.