commie

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

if it needs to be green olives, get the stuffed ones. but black olives are fine.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If there was no demand, these children wouldn't be forced to work in mines - it's that simple.

setting aside the difficulty of quantifying demand, this is still an unprovable statement. you can't prove a counterfactual.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

"supply and demand" is a theory about price discovery. it is not an explanation for the existence of a market.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

no one is saying they are smart

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago

all wage slavery is exploitation

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

unless they need to hire someone qualified to handle their administrative duties.