• TropicalDingdong
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    27 days ago

    The cost of the component to be manufactured has almost never represented the price you pay for a good. A bag of peanuts costs fuck all to manufacture. It’s price is based mostly on what companies think you are willing to pay.

    The point is that the inflation isn’t artificial:that parts real It’s the demand that’s artificial, at least allegedly.

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      27 days ago

      Semantics. There is an artificial element in the process that results in them costing more than they did previously.

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        So because you’ve decided to use them wrong, words no longer have meaning. Got it.