BodyBySisyphus [he/him] to news • 1 year agoFrance Is Spending $216 Million to Destroy 80 Million Gallons of Surplus Wineexternal-linkmessage-square13 fedilinkarrow-up157file-text
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minus-squareBountifulEggnog [she/her]hexbear29·1 year ago Agence France-Presse explains that the sharp decline in demand for wine means that prices have also fallen I thought supply and demand were good? link
minus-squareCarbonScored [any]hexbear14·1 year agoIt turns out profit margins are more important than allowing workers to have cheap goods, or their wellbeing, or maximising use of resources, or just being efficient at anything in general. Green number > real world link
minus-squarejackmarxist [any]hexbear6·1 year agoI hate this trait of Capitalism so much. They will intentionally take a loss rather than sell stuff slightly below their fixed rate. link
I thought supply and demand were good?
It turns out profit margins are more important than allowing workers to have cheap goods, or their wellbeing, or maximising use of resources, or just being efficient at anything in general. Green number > real world
I hate this trait of Capitalism so much. They will intentionally take a loss rather than sell stuff slightly below their fixed rate.