this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
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Except artificial scarcity means "supply" is often sat at the start line rotting away (or becoming obsolete), waiting for those making all the money while they manipulate the markets to increase their own profit..
Anytime people start talking about supply and demand, I can't help but think of the lines from The Grapes of Wrath:
Amazing how in eight decades and some change, that sentiment has not budged an inch. The only real difference is, in addition to the food wasted and the dumpsters locked to keep out the homeless, they're dumping shit like Funko Pops in the millions. All this plastic tat that's literally killing the planet, that nobody in their right mind would want in a million years if the sickness of capitalism didn't tell them it was precious.
I actually had that quote in mind when I made my comment..