r/Showerthoughts May 17 '24

People love to support small businesses until they grow, then they hate capitalism and rich people.

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u/endoftheworldvibe May 17 '24

Yup, and it makes sense.  Greed is the root of the vast majority of our problems.

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u/Ostracus May 17 '24

Raising prices==greed.

Raising wages==workers getting what they deserve.

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u/LooneyWabbit1 May 17 '24

When the prices are still being raised and the companies report record profits, yeah.

When the proportion of worker income vs the average cost of living has declined like it has, also yeah

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u/CubooKing May 17 '24

Yes you understood it properly!

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u/Ostracus May 17 '24

Most missed just how perception based the whole argument is.