• zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    Evil companies will always exploit the people who blindly buy their products.

    Sure. But that doesn't establish the relative price/income ratio of retail.

    It's just engagement for them

    The horse-race politics angle is pure political engagement. However, the cost of basic necessities relative to the prevailing availability of incomes is a lot more than just engagement. They're describing real material conditions.