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minus-squarepositiveWHAT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoIsn’t it more of a unplanned, free market problem? Related to capitalism (stock market), but not really capitalism.
minus-squarethe_q@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·5 days agoMaking a need a commodity is 100% capitalism.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·5 days agoI’m pretty sure every economic system will put a value on food
minus-squarethe_q@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·5 days agoHaving value isn’t the same as exploiting value for financial gain.
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThe things I inherited from my grandpa are valuable. 0 chance I’d even consider selling them. I will be giving them away or willing them to people when I die/get older though.
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agowell, he was more than a man
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agolol even Marx and Engels in their manifesto cite this specifically as an example.
Isn’t it more of a unplanned, free market problem? Related to capitalism (stock market), but not really capitalism.
Making a need a commodity is 100% capitalism.
I’m pretty sure every economic system will put a value on food
Having value isn’t the same as exploiting value for financial gain.
The things I inherited from my grandpa are valuable.
0 chance I’d even consider selling them. I will be giving them away or willing them to people when I die/get older though.
well, he was more than a man
He was a union man.
lol even Marx and Engels in their manifesto cite this specifically as an example.