• The_sleepy_woke_dialectic [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Yeah it’s Russian disinformation that I go to the grocery store and cabbage literally costs $8 randomly. This is what comes of your JIT economics.

    1. No storage to level prices, leading to something of a rolling brownout on groceries.

    2. It gives companies way more leverage when they can arbitrarily withhold stock to control prices, something EVERY COMPANY DOES AND ADMITS TO.

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      3 months ago

      Huh? You want this cabbage? No no no, it’s 30 seconds past due. It spent several days if not weeks being perfectly edible in a shipping container and will continue to be edible for at least a few more days, but we have to incinerate it.