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✨Late Stage Capitalism✨ (europe.pub)

submitted 3 days ago by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/peoplebluesky@lemmy.world

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I really want the pandemic—the hundreds of millions with Long Covid, the tens of millions dead—to mean something. Like cleaner indoor air, normalised masking, funding for post-viral illnesses. Instead, we got mask bans, disability cuts and an anti-vaxxer in the White House

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[–] KingHappyPotter@lemmy.ca 55 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The pandemic was extremely profitable. It would be an horrible mistake to try preventing the next one. /s

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The pandemic was extremely profitable.

And I’m sure the tariffs will be profitable too. And since companies aren’t being transparent about them, what’s their motivation to stop charging extra even if the tariffs are removed in the future?

[–] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 days ago

I remember the bananas. They were 1-2 dollars a kilo for a long time. Then there was flooding and storms on the banana farms. Prices went up over 10 dollars a kilo. People complained but were told, it was the natural disaster and it's going to come down. Years later bananas haven't been cheaper than 4 dollars a kilo.

Supermarkets found the sweet spot where people would still buy bananas, and they make the most profit.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Another one wouldn't have that same effect. There wouldn't be a general lockdown and it would be mostly business as usual except in some areas.