• echo64@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Fwiw, the eggs wouldn’t have to be more expensive, the eggs cost what the market will pay.

    The only change is that the people profiting from your poor food conditions will profit slightly less.

    This is a common lie they tell everyone.

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      9 months ago

      They won’t profit less, line must go up. They’d charge double the difference and blame immigrants and Obama.

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        9 months ago

        sure they could charge more, but the market wouldn’t swallow it so they would sell less. if they could charge more for eggs, they would be doing so right now, for extra profit.

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          9 months ago

          They would collude. All eggs would go up just like during covid, and they wouldn’t lose any sales.

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            9 months ago

            If they could do that, they would do that right now. If they could charge more there’s nothing stopping them from doing that today. We are already at the maximum price they can charge.