Okay so Irrespective of specific arguments about science fiction books and video games and other dumb shit People are aware that, historically speaking, *high prices are a good thing for society*, right
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Like that was what the post-WWII low-Gini coefficient American Dream New Deal/Great Society 1950s-70s Bernie Sanders era was High prices due to monopolistic competition, a price floor "propped up" by Big Business being in bed with Big Labor Because high prices = high wages
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Replying to @arthur_affect
What? No. No, nothing implies the price you pay for anything pays any labor. Jesus.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-diamond-idUSKBN1K000M …
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Replying to @brightstrangely
High prices/low wages is, of course, certainly possible at any individual business, but rarely lasts for long across the entire economy (there's nobody left to pay the high prices)
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In any case, surely we can agree that the opposite, low prices/high wages, is pretty damn hard to find
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Wtf, Arthur. That’s how charity functions: high wages, no sales.https://money.cnn.com/2013/10/10/news/nonprofit-ceo-pay/ …
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I'm going to be cynical here and say if you don't think charities sell anything you aren't thinking about what they do very clearly
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I mean, hell, in the actual literal sense charities DO sell things and explicitly sell them for "inflated" prices and that's what the tax-deductible portion of your donation for the tote bag is
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