Comment on If the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?
They raise the price and refuse wage increases. Are you not familiar with how a corporation works?
Why hadn’t they raised them before? Why don’t they keep raising them until prices are at infinity?
Why don’t they lower wages to zero, or negative?
They didn’t think they could get away with raising prices so far before. And they would pay us nothing if they could. Slavery showed us that.
They didn’t think they could get away with raising prices so far before. And they would pay us nothing if they could.
What does “get away” with it mean? Why can’t they pay us nothing?
Because we fought a war over it and made it illegal. And previously it was assumed price increases would drive customers away. But the monopoly power of corporations like Kroger’s had gone further than anyone thought.
crashfrog@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Why hadn’t they raised them before? Why don’t they keep raising them until prices are at infinity?
Why don’t they lower wages to zero, or negative?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 days ago
They didn’t think they could get away with raising prices so far before. And they would pay us nothing if they could. Slavery showed us that.
crashfrog@lemm.ee 4 days ago
What does “get away” with it mean? Why can’t they pay us nothing?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Because we fought a war over it and made it illegal. And previously it was assumed price increases would drive customers away. But the monopoly power of corporations like Kroger’s had gone further than anyone thought.