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?

• 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.

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  • crashfrog@lemm.ee ⁨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.

    What does “get away” with it mean? Why can’t they pay us nothing?

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    • 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.

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      • crashfrog@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Sorry, what are you talking about? What “war”? What was made illegal?

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