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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net to c/slop@hexbear.net

This is just the most obvious rentierism I've seen and this guy's defending it

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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 56 points 1 week ago

I-was-saying I would call food companies evil for charging in times of need, yes.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

It's almost as if the entire concept of Supply vs Demand is exploitative. thinkin-lenin

[-] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago

"Where does the supply come from?"

big-honk "Where does the supply come from, motherfucker!"

[-] niph@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago

I’m reading a neoliberal economics book right now (know thine enemy) and literally in the very first chapter the author says “high prices for food in emergencies means the starving can have access to food because they incentivise businesses to deliver food faster”. Pretty shocked at how mask off they are.

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

because they incentivise businesses to deliver food faster

Which then causes prices to go back down, right? anakin-padme-2

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Free market ensures water is going to those who need it most! If people can't pay the price, they obviously don't need water that much.

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

Won't anyone think about businesses needing to make money?bootlicker

[-] godlessworm@hexbear.net 36 points 1 week ago

so if you remove the entire essay this loserbitch wrote his argument boils down to "it's a business, they're allowed to do whatever they feel entitled to doing, because they're a business".

and these people think they aren't conditioned, housetrained, and brain washed.

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

yeah, I noticed that. the first line is all "they're just a business" like business schemes aren't the thing literally doing all the evil shit on the planet.... hoarding housing, gatekeeping healthcare, climate destabilization, obliterating the biosphere .

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

I think one shouldn't overlook that according to this comment the water bottlers get all their manufacturing done for free by the taxpayers, as it is the governments job to filtrate / clean / provide water and then they just package it.

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

Yeah, essentially that...

[-] D61@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

"Our businesses is selling plastic bottles that, incidentally, are filled with water." trump-yassified

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yaknow when dunk_tank was hoppin i would periodically block the comm just to see other things and not lick the toilet so often... But after it closed I found I missed this shit. Turns out I'm not as principled as i thought, im just another shit-eater. Thank you for this lesson, thanks for the post and thank you /c/slop.

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

Oh, well, if that's the case then I hate capitalism and I dislike the company anyway.

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's public domain you are taking something public ie without a monetary value and creating a commodity out of it.

Do businesses have the right to dump toxic sludge into the river, after all its public domain.

I think there is something to be said about private water bottling being a service access issue. But that doesn't mean the bottlers are good, it's a parasitic service that involves making money without doing anything.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Food companies are evil yeah

[-] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

I’ve reached a point where I have absolutely zero patience for this kind of boot licking.

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

absolutely zero patience for this kind of boot licking.

As for any normal person, regarding the rentierism of water, the liquid of life

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