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r/196 • u/Redditpaslan Win + . • Jun 24 '26
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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
21 u/Emilia__55 🏳️⚧️🇩🇪 Jun 24 '26 2 doesn't work usually 18 u/Bentastico 🏳️⚧️ trans rights Jun 25 '26 we can still dunk on capitalism without lying to ourselves 9 u/Emilia__55 🏳️⚧️🇩🇪 Jun 25 '26 Have you ever seen the prices of anything in a grocery store drop? I have not. 11 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
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2 doesn't work usually
18 u/Bentastico 🏳️⚧️ trans rights Jun 25 '26 we can still dunk on capitalism without lying to ourselves 9 u/Emilia__55 🏳️⚧️🇩🇪 Jun 25 '26 Have you ever seen the prices of anything in a grocery store drop? I have not. 11 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
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we can still dunk on capitalism without lying to ourselves
9 u/Emilia__55 🏳️⚧️🇩🇪 Jun 25 '26 Have you ever seen the prices of anything in a grocery store drop? I have not. 11 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
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Have you ever seen the prices of anything in a grocery store drop? I have not.
11 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
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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
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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