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ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I agree to an extent, but watch out for this:

  Now, if the extra paid were to go to help those less fortunate. To make the community better, etc. This may not be such a bad thing

  That’s what they’ll claim. They’ll say the people with money are subsidizing the poor single mothers with two jobs (but they’ll say it in a way that makes people feel good) so that they can get reasonably priced groceries. But we all know that those poor single mothers will be paying the current margins while everyone else is paying extra that goes directly to profit those at the top.

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  • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Agreed fully. Capitalists must capitalize, especially when those being capitalized have no choice.

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