They’re literally doing capitalism. M - C - M’ is described in the first part of Capital. This is money operating as capital. Buy a commodity for M, then sell it for M’ that is greater than M. You have no interest in the use value of the commodity. The only thing that matters is it’s exchange value.
I don't think so, if you're spending 5k on starting costs up front for a bunch PS5's then you aren't destitute, and I think that's most of them. I don't think anyone is scalping one ps5.
Scalping luxury goods is no where near as bad as landlords/flippers scalping houses so I don't really care. Maybe I'd care more if I thought I'd buy a ps5 while it's a current console.
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