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minus-square@School_Lunchlink15•edit-21 year agoEverything depends on scarcity. Supply and demand. There has to be unsatisfied demand otherwise prices would be too low for anyone to make any money… it’s a poorly designed system.
minus-squareiAmTheTotlinkfedilink11•1 year agoBecause there’s definitely nobody going hungry under capitalism, no siree.
minus-square@NightAuthorlinkEnglish6•1 year agoCapitalism got us this far. Now if we try out communism, we can have chipotle style burrito lines, iPhone lines, and latte lines. It’d be glorious.
minus-squareTheWoozylink1•1 year agoAlas, the likely alternative to capitalism is not communism, but feudalism. That was 1000 times worse.
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink5•1 year agoAs we all know, no one ever goes hungry in profitable countries.
Everything depends on scarcity. Supply and demand. There has to be unsatisfied demand otherwise prices would be too low for anyone to make any money… it’s a poorly designed system.
Death to the profit motive.
Yes comrade, I, too, welcome bread lines.
Because there’s definitely nobody going hungry under capitalism, no siree.
Capitalism got us this far. Now if we try out communism, we can have chipotle style burrito lines, iPhone lines, and latte lines. It’d be glorious.
I was promised a taco truck on every corner!
Alas, the likely alternative to capitalism is not communism, but feudalism. That was 1000 times worse.
As we all know, no one ever goes hungry in profitable countries.
Gods forbid the CEOs take a pay cut.