Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "The “predatory” companies profiting from UK cost of living crisis | Economics | New Statesman" video.

  1. Inflation and currency devaluation. Just ask the average Venezuelan how did that work out for him/her.
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  2. No we don't. What has socialism even done except make the government rich? Socialists both advocates and practitioners are not above the human condition.
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  3. And end up bankrupt in a couple of generations.
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  4. You would have ran that economy into the ground as most people are ignorant and wasteful which is part of the reason they're poor in the first place.
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  5. <the masses actually need more money!> So they can live beyond their means and then when the money eventually runs out end up right back to square one. Broke and hungry.
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  6. <The real joke is, ask supermarkets- energy -> There is some actual truth to that especially when it comes to food production and distribution. Their suppliers and transport companies are paying higher prices.
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  7.  @ObsidianMeridian  It makes sense to me. Ordinary people are every bit as greedy as the entities they accuse of being.
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  8. Maybe when the government stop overtaxing and regulating them. Bureaucracy cost a lot of money.
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  9. Without challenge, because the government taxed and regulated the competition out of business.
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  10. Exactly.
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  11.  @tiggtiggs  End result = tragedy of the commons.
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  12. I presume you preferred the post-Churchill pre-Thatcher UK that was a dump.
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  13.  @ConstructiveMinds100  The poor are every bit as greedy as the rich. It's not the rich's fault that the poor suck at managing their finances and living within their means.
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  14. Companies have diversified portfolios. They're not that dependent on their main bread and butter to pay their bills.
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  15. The austerity that was necessitated by Labour and liberal mismanagement of the economy.
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  16. And shortages! Tomorrow!
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