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I really think we've entered an age of hypercapitalism: - this price-surging is a good example - companies raising prices because they can and blaming inflati
by b3ing 2y ago
I really think we've entered an age of hypercapitalism:
- this price-surging is a good example
- companies raising prices because they can and blaming inflation
- corporation buying up housing to rent out
- small investors/flippers buying up homes to put $10-25k of "improvements" (vinyl flooring, new paint, new MDF cabinets, quartz not granite countertops, cut down trees, etc) then jacking the price $100-300K
- apartments illegally using price collusion, they are in somewhat trouble but will just do things manually if need be to raise rent as much as they can
- apartments adding as much as they can for fees - required cable television service, required trash valet, etc...
- JohnFen 2y agoWe are living in the modern version of the Gilded Age. Corporatism and greed have gone so far out of control that they posing a serious threat to those of us who are neither large corporate entities or absurdly wealthy.
- Kon-Peki 2y ago#1 - People who haven't read The Grapes of Wrath recently (or ever) really should pick it up again. #2 - While it is still possible, people need to put effort into getting food freedom laws passed. https://ij.org/issues/economic-liberty/homemade-food/ https://ij.org/issues/economic-liberty/homemade-food/ https://civileats.com/2022/08/20/two-states-right-to-garden-laws-local-food-community-nutrition-security-illinois-florida/ https://civileats.com/2022/08/20/two-states-right-to-garden-...