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. Slavery showed us that.
crashfrog@lemm.ee 1 month ago
What does “get away” with it mean? Why can’t they pay us nothing?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
crashfrog@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Sorry, what are you talking about? What “war”? What was made illegal?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Okay, on the chance you’re not American, the American Civil War, and slavery.