this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2024
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Of course it occurred to me, which is why I framed it the way I did. I don't disagree, obviously it should be easily available. However, villainizing this specific company for finding a way to make it more easily available than their counterparts who price poor people out entirely is a step backwards. Villainize the government and the system for putting us here. Villainizing a company that found a way to work within the stupid framework we're stuck in to do something, even if it's less than perfect, to make it more affordable, for taking basic steps to make sure they don't go out of business for it, is nuts.
Oh shit, I didn't know they were doing this out of the goodness of their hearts! You should have told me this to begin with!
They did it this way because they thought it would earn them the most profit. If you think it's for any other reason than that, then you don't really understand how capitalism works.
Capitalists finding a way to tap into the market of "people who can't afford motorcycle air bag vests" means poor people have access to it when they previously didn't. Is it worse than a world where anyone could get one for free from the DMV or take it out from a library or something? Yes, absolutely. That's easily preferable to this. Is it better than a world where poor people had no way to access it? I would say so.
Don't simp for capitalist pigs because they throw you a crumb every once in a while, it's a bad look. Take back the fucking bakery.