Message from @notaglobe
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Is there a different rule for essential goods?
I'd consider a price gouging law on essential goods but nothing else
both, cassia
there exists price gouging laws in america
probably here too
but we don't have an official state of emergency
i have to venture out for supplies at some point, might try and get up early tomorrow
Even price gouging laws can be detramental to the market, like what if they need to increase the price just to keep supply moving
Tesco fucked me up with their undisclosed opening time change
is it for the elderly?
No, it's for Tesco
oh
what did they do?
Close early to restock shelves
But in doing so removes 2 nicely quiet hours where vulnerable people can go shopping
eh, in times like these it might make sense for them to do restocking when no one is in there
i imagine people would yeet pallets of shit that is in high demand
doesn't help me much
yeeeee, individuals when you're dealing with something like that are not the concern
from a business point of view, everyone is grouped as "the customer"
well now i get the choice of going in at an ungodly hour and it being fucking heaving, or go late and the shelves being empty
Price gouging is just a derogatory term to describe the regular workings of supply and demand, but with a moral label of reeee
Most people just can't accept the reality that if essentials become scarce, then prices must spike as a result so that things can return to normal. Don't demand lower prices, just reduce your consumption by becoming more efficient.
Preventing price gouging by law is a fasttrack towards starvation.
But people will never realize the hypocricy of their hyper-consumerism while at the same time spitting on profit-driven venture.
IT'S NOT SCARCE THO
It becomes scarce if demand doesn't lower to normal levels.
The reason why it's important to raise the prices of anything - essentials or not - if demand is too high is simply to force people into greater efficiency.
it is scarce if you can't get it
The only reason why essentials are cheap to begin with is because they're so valuable that maximum efficiency is neccessary so that everyone can survive on them.
That's why we need to start shooting each other dead
No need, just visit a local elderly home
coof all over
multikill
Start killing the commies, then the ETBrooD-like ultra-corporatists
You mean the people who keep the economy running and your socialist ass clean.
Oh look, the demanding woman is back in town screeching for gibs
The only gibs I want is fair tax money from corp-- oh, they've gone to the Bahamas, because they're anti-nation and need to be destroyed.
I'm not a socialist
Oh please, you want all them gibs that you can possibly ask for. You want the ethnats to clean your state from other ethnicities because you're too lazy to do it yourself.