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minus-squareSchool_Lunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·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-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down7·1 year agoDeath to the profit motive.
minus-squareJasSmith@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down26·1 year agoYes comrade, I, too, welcome bread lines.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoBecause there’s definitely nobody going hungry under capitalism, no siree.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·1 year agoAs we all know, no one ever goes hungry in profitable countries.
minus-squarefreagle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·1 year agoParroting completely ignorant takes on history without understanding history. Classic liberal.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agothink you confused communism for capitalism there champ https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/us/food-insecurity-30-million-census-survey/index.html
minus-squareNightAuthor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·1 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-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoI was promised a taco truck on every corner!
minus-squareTheWoozy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoAlas, the likely alternative to capitalism is not communism, but feudalism. That was 1000 times worse.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoGods forbid the CEOs take a pay cut.
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.
As we all know, no one ever goes hungry in profitable countries.
Parroting completely ignorant takes on history without understanding history. Classic liberal.
think you confused communism for capitalism there champ https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/us/food-insecurity-30-million-census-survey/index.html
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.
Gods forbid the CEOs take a pay cut.