• RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      And they’ll still overpay themselves while making consumers and lower employees suffer. Consumers get shittier service and employees get shitty pay, longer hours, more demands…If they don’t get laid off.

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        Consumer used to be treated decently but now, both labor and consumers are treated like shit… Only one parry wins lol and it aint never the plebs

    • Kerfuffle@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      More like:

      Predatory pricing

      exists.

      Don’t hold your breath waiting for anything to catch up to the 1%. To be honest, I don’t know the average person even really want it to. I mean, suppose I use Uber. Am I really going to be out there writing letters to my congresscritter pressuring them to force Uber to stop selling their product below cost and consequently make my Uber rides significantly more expensive? “Oh man, I sure wish Amazon would stop selling me such cheap products with next day shipping. This problem needs to be fixed, they’re hurting the free market!”

      Eventually the frog might get boiled, but that’s some time in the future. The frog is feeling comfy now.