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[–] crashfrog@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry, what are you talking about? What “war”? What was made illegal?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Okay, on the chance you're not American, the American Civil War, and slavery.

[–] crashfrog@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who said anything about slavery? What are you talking about?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're going to post so many comments, at least read the chain. Otherwise someone might mistake you for a troll.

[–] crashfrog@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean I am the chain, I’m asking you what the fuck you’re talking about and you’re really bad at having clear ideas

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, perfect recall then? In that case you know exactly where in your line of 5 year old style questioning that slavery was mentioned.

[–] crashfrog@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Socratic questioning goes back a lot longer than 5 years, stupid

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is not the Socratic method. Questioning how the CEO of a corporation has control over pricing is just trolling.

[–] crashfrog@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, I’m asking you to explain why you think prices are arbitrary in contravention of essential economics.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh you see, you could have asked that way up there. And I'd tell you that you're operating from a flawed premise. Economics actually talks quite a lot about monopoly power and rent seeking.

[–] crashfrog@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh you see, you could have asked that way up there.

I did.

Economics actually talks quite a lot about monopoly power and rent seeking.

Do you? This is the first you’ve mentioned either. What’s the “monopoly” in the situation we’re discussing?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No you asked why hadn't they raised prices before. And I was nice enough to let the flawed premise pass, (they have raised them before, they'd be out of business if they hadn't) and give you the layman's answer to your layman's question.

Now you want to say it meant something else, something the English you wrote doesn't support.

No.

[–] crashfrog@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No you asked why hadn't they raised prices before.

Sorry, you’ve misunderstood the question. Obviously there have been price increases in the past.

If a company, on this present date, raises the price of a widget they sell to $X.XX, I’m asking you why it wasn’t already at that price. Why had they waited?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No. You've had two shots at this question and both answers will do here.

[–] crashfrog@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is literally the first post where you’ve understood what question I even fucking asked, I think you’re obligated to give one attempt at an answer before you take your third place victory lap

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] crashfrog@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

I know you know you’re a loser