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minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·21 days agoAlso, those inexpensive (non-food) items are lower quality and will wear out/break faster. Poverty charges interest…
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoEven the food items are sold in crazy tiny portions that in general, but not always, are a rip off compared to most other stores.
minus-squarecdf12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoIt’s amazing what you can get away with when you operate a store in a food desert!
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoYep. The first time I read it when I was a wee child, I really didn’t get the whole Boots Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory) but boy, is that ever the most succinct description of how modern capitalism works.
Also, those inexpensive (non-food) items are lower quality and will wear out/break faster. Poverty charges interest…
Even the food items are sold in crazy tiny portions that in general, but not always, are a rip off compared to most other stores.
It’s amazing what you can get away with when you operate a store in a food desert!
Yep.
The first time I read it when I was a wee child, I really didn’t get the whole Boots Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory) but boy, is that ever the most succinct description of how modern capitalism works.