Some of what's going on is actually straight price gouging though. Like the big factory farm meat producer that cried about inflation causing their price increases only to post record profits. The inflation also occurring is the perfect cover.
If they change the price, and people still buy, it is not "gouging".
If however we're a retarded society which has granted monopoly through the state to privileged businesses, which is the only way to "gouge", then we fucking deserve it and we did it to ourselves.
Ha, define "we". I would also suggest that a coordinated oligopoly (ie, a cartel) can do more damage than a monopoly since it's especially difficult to hold its members accountable.
In this case I was defining we as the last several generations of Americans. Ever since the first wave of progressives and tHe GrEaT wAr it's what we've done.
Some of what's going on is actually straight price gouging though. Like the big factory farm meat producer that cried about inflation causing their price increases only to post record profits. The inflation also occurring is the perfect cover.
If they change the price, and people still buy, it is not "gouging".
If however we're a retarded society which has granted monopoly through the state to privileged businesses, which is the only way to "gouge", then we fucking deserve it and we did it to ourselves.
Ha, define "we". I would also suggest that a coordinated oligopoly (ie, a cartel) can do more damage than a monopoly since it's especially difficult to hold its members accountable.
In this case I was defining we as the last several generations of Americans. Ever since the first wave of progressives and tHe GrEaT wAr it's what we've done.