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minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down3·5 months agoWhat’s your argument here? That we should sacrifice in the name of corporate profits? I personally am not interested in giving up the few luxury food items I buy so that the CEO of Kroger can buy another fucking yacht.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 months agoWhen consumers buy less, companies make less money. There’s no mechanism here where people buying less luxury foods leads to anyone buying yachts. That’s just not a thing in this model and I’m not sure where you got that.
What’s your argument here? That we should sacrifice in the name of corporate profits?
I personally am not interested in giving up the few luxury food items I buy so that the CEO of Kroger can buy another fucking yacht.
When consumers buy less, companies make less money.
There’s no mechanism here where people buying less luxury foods leads to anyone buying yachts. That’s just not a thing in this model and I’m not sure where you got that.