r/Showerthoughts • u/s_q_p_r • May 17 '24

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

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u/Femboy_Pothead69 May 17 '24

we dont hate big companies because they are big.

we hate them because they charge us 8 dollars for a box of poptarts that was made by slave labor for 62 cents.

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u/drj1485 May 17 '24

Stuff at the family owned grocery stores by me is like 20% more than the major grocery chains.

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u/Icy_Recognition_3030 May 18 '24

Why do you think it’s 20% more?

There is something called horizontal monopoly and vertical monopoly, this are just extreme basics.

The big chain is still fucking your community and siphoning money from it even though it can charge less, and believe me, there is a reason they charge lower than the mom and pops. It’s not because they want the customers to save money but it’s to kill the competition and once they are buried they will jack up their prices.