Rob@Tengrain @Cleopatra @TonyStark But this is also how immigrants pull it off too. Many people are coming from a place where it is easier to start a small business than to get hired by a Lord.
@Tengrain @Cleopatra @TonyStark My family in Phillipines is doing this; creating milktea shops, as they get better at it. In the US, most people would not attemt to start their own without a pile of money. Different mindset.
Tony, Pretty Much@Cleopatra @robfielding @Tengrain It’s not a different mindset. It’s a different playing field. I’m not sure what your deal is, but you seem really confused about what we’re talking about.
@TonyStark @Cleopatra @Tengrain I think it was the idea that inflation and corporate profits go together. We have big-ass monopolies because we get tricked into having everybody work for the big-company, and buy from big-company; and noting the monopoly that it created. It isn't a paradox when record profits are reported by giant companies during inflation. They pass their costs on, and people keep buying.
@TonyStark @Cleopatra @Tengrain The only sincere way to complain about this situation is to change your buying habits. That's the point. No law can fix it if you keep going to Starbucks paying whatever they want to charge; etc.
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Last time I’m explaining this to anyone. Then going to blocks.
The inflation we see now is absolutely related to corporations ripping people off. It’s not in dispute and “going to Starbucks less” isn’t going to fix it. I highly doubt any of the 500 some people who’ve boosted this toot even go there. I don’t.
@TonyStark @Tengrain @Cleopatra Every law we already have is an older attempt to fix these problems.
I don't like what Walmart forces companies to do. But they are huge because it's like walking into a low-price parallel-universe; and people can't help themselves.
A company that can't sell their products cant rip anybody off though. That only happens if you are serious about giving money to their competitors instead.
@Tengrain @Cleopatra @robfielding Walmart has driven competition out in many, many areas and people who are lower income and even middle have nowhere else to go. I’m done talking to you now. For some reason, you’re obsessed with making excuses for corporate greed.
@TonyStark @Tengrain @Cleopatra I get it. But there was never a time when corporations were not greedy. If we passed related laws 20 years ago, and still have the problem; then the fix failed. The fix always fails because we keep giving money (power) to the same small group. You are right that it's hard to fix. You can wait too long to break a habit; and become unable to fix it.