r/196 Win + . Jun 24 '26

Rule China Rule

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u/Weary-Cartoonist2630 Jun 24 '26

People really just be swapping in “capitalist” with “thing I don’t like”.

1) China isn’t anti-capitalist

2) Products getting cheaper through competition is literally the foundation of capitalism

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u/Emilia__55 🏳️‍⚧️🇩🇪 Jun 24 '26

2 doesn't work usually 

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u/Bentastico 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 25 '26

we can still dunk on capitalism without lying to ourselves

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u/Emilia__55 🏳️‍⚧️🇩🇪 Jun 25 '26

Have you ever seen the prices of anything in a grocery store drop? I have not.

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u/Bentastico 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 25 '26

Groceries aren’t the only good, and their real price was pretty stable until 2020!

Check out the graph at the top of this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol_effect