• LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Theft does make prices go up though, you know? It also makes stores close in underserved communities.

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      7 months ago

      Cool, still not my problem. They can hire people to care about it, I’m not ratting people out. And let’s be real, a lot of those companies lie and blame theft for higher prices and store closures and then it turns out they’re actually full of crap. Target got caught doing that like 5 minutes ago.

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      7 months ago

      See you’re assuming they wouldn’t jack up the prices even without theft, as someone who studied business it’s literally taught to see how far you can push before the breaking point. line go up. It does suck in undeserved communities but there’s not much we can do, people in those communities often vote against their best interest.

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        7 months ago

        The breaking point, though, is the point when consumers will look to alternatives, e.g. a different store. As long as there are other options available, competition does usually do a decent job of keeping prices down.

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          And companies in a free market would never, ever collude to keep prices high in the face of that very competition you think will keep prices down, right? In fact that’s exactly what we’re seeing right now, is prices being kept down by the absolutely healthy competition in the Canadian grocery market, right?

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      7 months ago

      if the community couldn’t afford it, they were being exploited not served. dont pretend these people are being supported by these corporations.

      if the prices go up, you should steal too. market pressures, babe.

      if this isnt sustainable, then let’s build guillotines and do something else.

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      7 months ago

      Prices go up regardless of wage increases or thefts. Prices are coupled with only one thing and that is corporate greed.