“Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.”
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2024
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Regarding the need to feed the poor, I've been told the rich are a good source of protein
Yeah they're just like insects, we can grind them up into a fine powder and mix them into anything. They can't argue with that because that's what they want us to do anyway.
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Norway fucked up on eggs this year. They feared overproduction, so they made a subsidy for egg producers not producing.... resulting in an egg shortage this Easter.
https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/03/30/scramble-for-eggs-norway-face-easter-egg-shortage/
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I heard they jacked up prices due to the Avian Flu. They culled over 80,000,000 egg laying hens
That was 17% of the total population. The price went up by 400-900%, and there was never a shortage. As usual, we got shafted.
There absolutely was a shortage.
the current outbreak of the virus that began in early 2022 has prompted officials to slaughter nearly 82 million birds, mostly egg-laying chickens, in 47 U.S. states
Getting downvoted, but no one has a factual counter argument.
Queue to buy eggs kind of shortage? Food stamps to be able to buy kind of shortage? Or corporations using any reason to jack up prices kind of shortage?
The best part is they’ll raise prices due to “inflation” or whatever, then when supply increases…the prices don’t go down!
I’m honestly wondering what the end game is for these MBA asshats ruining everything. Is it really that many people so selfish and myopic that we have to suffocate on this one planet and never reach?
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If the prices didn't go up because of a shortage, because there was never a shortage, why did prices go back down again?
The law of supply and demand explains the price of eggs. If you're saying it's wrong then what's your better egg-splanation?
The prices went back down right after the federal government announced a price fixing investigation and a bunch of news coverage came out about how their claims were bogus.
The law of supply and demand is not real. When wealthy money addicts rip you off they pretend its a force of nature ripping you off. Behind every money transaction there is a human being with an address who made a choice.
The law of supply and demand is not real.
Lol, okay bud. If that's the case you should start a business selling eggs for $100 each.
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The law of supply and demand is not real.
Um, so you don't think that when a commodity becomes more scarce that the demand for it increases as a consequence?
There's also a thing called price gouging where companies fuck over the public because they know they can. And then they keep the prices artificially high even after supply increases two, three, four fold over demand. Because they know they can.
Not that I am suggesting corporations are corrupt and would let people starve just to make a profit. Heaven forfend.
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This is very relevant.
Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire flock of egg-laying hens — 550,000 birds — to prevent the disease from infecting other farms in Sonoma County
During the past two months, nearly a dozen commercial farms have had to destroy more than 1 million birds to control the outbreak (as of 27 Jan 24)
the current outbreak of the virus that began in early 2022 has prompted officials to slaughter nearly 82 million birds, mostly egg-laying chickens, in 47 U.S. states
In California, the outbreak has impacted more than 7 million chickens in about 40 commercial flocks and 24 backyard flocks
Also, shit: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/01/texas-cows-bird-flu-human-infection/
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Eggs were. At least for me, I can no longer afford eggs.
Sure you can, you just need a bigger purse/pockets!
I don't shame people for buying unnecessary things. But, I will think you are a little stupid if you are nearly starving but have a brand new car. You aren't responsible for the system you live in, but you can at least try to make it a little better for yourself.
I'm not talking about people that just spend some money for something they like, quality of life is important. I mean people that will literally cripple themselves financially just for a status symbol. Especially if you have people that rely on you.
Brand new luxury car is perhaps more apt for your example.
Can be hard to find a way to pay monthly for used cars, I believe, vs. plentiful options for installments on new ones.
Can you point to specific examples of someone you have encountered in your daily life, someone who is nearly starving... but chooses to spend their money on an unnecessary indulgence? Because it sounds like you're otherwise just perpetuating stereotypes.
Nearly starving is almost an impossible to do involuntary in the United States, so that's poor criterion to use here.
But yes I know many people who fit the description, who go on trips, buy cars, expensive clothes to improve their image, when they don't have the income nor the savings to support it.
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Shame the rich who can waste money on a 100k Patek Philippe fucking watch.
I'm a lot less concerned about watches than about cars (much bigger environmental impact) and real estate (very closely tied to a huge chunk of most people's livelihood).
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Yup - God forbid poor folks have nice things rather than funneling every penny they earn to the rich to satisfy their ever-increasing hunger for money.
The average person earns £1,000,000 in their lifetime, and I struggle to see the justification in anyone, and I mean anyone being worth 100s, 1000s, or even over 100,000 human lifetimes.
It's sickening to see hard-working people having to fight month after month to survive on meager earnings while some dickheads are out there buying megayachts that cost a human lifetime per year just to maintain.
i'm all for not shaming people and everything, but we also do need to be conscious about what we're buying and consuming.
You probably don't need a macbook, and if you do need a laptop, there are almost certainly better options that are cheaper, and more repairable. Please don't buy a macbook, they aren't good products. (though now with M series macs they actually do work, kind of)
consumerism is not good, we shouldn't be encouraging it. We should be encouraging conscious spending.
They’re posting this on a platform where people like me read it. People who eat $1.50/loaf, bread sandwiches, to save money. This is just after clearing the threshold to qualify for food stamps this month.
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