Terry Pratchet on why it's expensive to be poor:

#Economy #Poverty #Capitalism

@falgn0n the problem is that it's not right anymore.

The last time I bought expensive shoes, hoping for them to last, was ruined after 8 monthes 😞

@DaD @falgn0n
sometimes the price is raised to give an impression of quality ("it's expensive, so it must be good")

@grainloom @DaD @falgn0n @Anna that's the central law of logic a -> b does not imply b -> a.

In Poland we say

> Jesteśmy zbyt biedni, żeby kupować tanie rzeczy

> We are too poor to buy cheap things

@saper @grainloom @DaD @Anna

and in South Africa we find that we are paying more and more money for cheaper and cheaper shit .... 😕