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Headline should in fact read: "In supermarkets across Europe, corporate greed is leading to a surge in food theft." And that theft is entirely justifiable as these corporate grocery chains are effectively stealing from all of us with this greed disguised as inflation bullshit.
Headline should in fact read: "In supermarkets across Europe, corporate greed is leading to a surge in food theft." And that theft is entirely justifiable as these corporate grocery chains are effectively stealing from all of us with this greed disguised as inflation bullshit.
pantries and welfare exists. stealing is not necessary. most of these sort of people cant cook well and resort to packaged bs
It was inevitable. Whole chickens now cost €7.99/kg, up from €1.99/kg last year. Eggplants are priced at €3.99/kg, compared to €0.99/kg previously. Even basic apples now cost €2.99/kg, up from €0.99/kg. The cause of this increase is not due to war, but rather it is a result of pure speculation driven by greed.
Where did you buy a whole chicken last year for €1.99/kg?
Headline should in fact read: "In supermarkets across Europe, corporate greed is leading to a surge in food theft." And that theft is entirely justifiable as these corporate grocery chains are effectively stealing from all of us with this greed disguised as inflation bullshit.
the headline should read, "Bad behavior is excused for the poor". pantries and welfare exists. stealing is not necessary. most of these sort of people cant cook well and resort to packaged bs
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Headline should in fact read: "In supermarkets across Europe, corporate greed is leading to a surge in food theft." And that theft is entirely justifiable as these corporate grocery chains are effectively stealing from all of us with this greed disguised as inflation bullshit.
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You are conflating centralization with socialism. Mario Draghi is the centralist banker behind QE and he is a fervent neoliberal. He has nothing to do with socialism.
> This is the Soviet Union playbook to a T, except they would always blame "wreckers" or reactionaries.
Crazy how distracted I've been lately, I've lived in a communist economy without noticing. I must have missed the proletarian expropriation somehow.
Jokes aside, it's interesting how people like to call the current system socialist when it doesn't work, capitalist when it does.
Headline should in fact read: "In supermarkets across Europe, corporate greed is leading to a surge in food theft." And that theft is entirely justifiable as these corporate grocery chains are effectively stealing from all of us with this greed disguised as inflation bullshit.
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Also, keep in mind that the theoreticial justifications for these policies do not originate in socialist/marxist economics. Nor are the technocrats that implement them motivated by socialist theory.
It seems the only connection that exist is that central banking is central (so is the military) and that marxist-leninist regimes make heavy use of centralism. Central banking predates all such regimes, by the way. But that seems like a superficial connection that does nothing to elucidate. I disagree heavily with QE but labeling it socialist does not help in understanding it so that I may effectively oppose it.
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Were they somehow not greedy before? What changed?
Opportunities for price gouging increased due to supply chain disruptions. This article lays out arguments for and against this theory: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/business/economy/price-go...
Government meddling in the market though lockdowns, embargoes, and other limiting of supplies.