• thevoidzero@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The reality where people cannot afford $10-20 things. And the corporations just start charging those poor people interest.

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        7 months ago

        Of course. How else do you keep poor people poor and rich richer.

        Poor people: charge them extra for not affording things.

        Rich people: let them buy things they don’t need but can afford and then charge poor people to rent those things.

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          7 months ago

          Rich people: just give them expensive stuff in the hopes that they’ll buy more expensive stuff from you later.

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      7 months ago

      It is actually pretty unethical and scummy. I think we need a boycott