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The thing is though people are willing to pay a lot of money for crabs. No one is willing to spend crab money on, say, sweatshop clothing. Going fishing on one
by FussyZeus 11y ago
The thing is though people are willing to pay a lot of money for crabs. No one is willing to spend crab money on, say, sweatshop clothing.
Going fishing on one of those boats is on my bucket list, once I'm not so flabby. I think it would be a hell of an experience.
- Snargorf 11y agoIf there was no other source of clothing, you'd be willing to spend crab money. In fact, this was the case during the industrial revolution. A pair of pants would cost a full week's wages. This is why people back then owned like 2 to 4 outfits. It's amazing how many people just can't comprehend how the world can realign so different things become 'normal'. Like, "nobody would ever pay that for clothes". What, you think they'd go naked if there was no alternative?
- FussyZeus 11y agoYeah but you're talking about an entirely different market. Cheap clothes exist because of volume sales, if shirts suddenly costed what they arguably should, the market would shrink a LOT to compensate for the higher cost. If the $5 shirts at Walmart that parents buy their kids because it has a funny design on it suddenly costed $25, a lot of that business would no longer exist.