Were those little stores actually affordable to people on the bottom half of the income scale? Grocery stores are a great example. I would go bankrupt trying to shop for groceries at the corner store. People complain about the chains but I don’t recall small grocery stores ever being affordable.
It’s true they can charge cheaper prices, and that’s why they’re able to put other stores out of business. The problem is, there are a lot of large-scale negative effects, but the decision of shopping there is usually beneficial on an individual level. It’s the “tragedy of the commons”.
I got love coffee. One of my favorite coffee places is this place called Upper Cup in Columbus, Ohio. I order beans from them, and I was able to talk to the owner. He didn’t seem like an anti-social, and when he told me he inspects the farms from time to time and sees who he imports from, so it’s ethically sourced, I believed him. Let’s just say he’s a lying bastard and I was fooled. His coffee is still better than Starbucks. I hated Starbucks before it was cool. I hated Tesla before it was cool and it wasn’t because there were a bunch of genocideers. It’s because they’re trash. They’re absolute trash. The issue is the herd mentality. Yet we are rugged individuals and very selfish as a culture. For some reason, this type of mentality ends up creating a herd which is contrary to what their own self-perception is. I think it’s just a collective self-hate that’s going on here and people too stupid to see. It’s a motherfucking paradox.
Were those little stores actually affordable to people on the bottom half of the income scale? Grocery stores are a great example. I would go bankrupt trying to shop for groceries at the corner store. People complain about the chains but I don’t recall small grocery stores ever being affordable.
It’s true they can charge cheaper prices, and that’s why they’re able to put other stores out of business. The problem is, there are a lot of large-scale negative effects, but the decision of shopping there is usually beneficial on an individual level. It’s the “tragedy of the commons”.
According to the article, independent grocery stores were only 1% more expensive than the chains when the act was being enforced.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/?gift=QFVDFKVE3HQ31cU_KmT1dMoNepnmHxqTbYqKlK_hiUE
I got love coffee. One of my favorite coffee places is this place called Upper Cup in Columbus, Ohio. I order beans from them, and I was able to talk to the owner. He didn’t seem like an anti-social, and when he told me he inspects the farms from time to time and sees who he imports from, so it’s ethically sourced, I believed him. Let’s just say he’s a lying bastard and I was fooled. His coffee is still better than Starbucks. I hated Starbucks before it was cool. I hated Tesla before it was cool and it wasn’t because there were a bunch of genocideers. It’s because they’re trash. They’re absolute trash. The issue is the herd mentality. Yet we are rugged individuals and very selfish as a culture. For some reason, this type of mentality ends up creating a herd which is contrary to what their own self-perception is. I think it’s just a collective self-hate that’s going on here and people too stupid to see. It’s a motherfucking paradox.
I’m sorry, but what on earth does that have to do with independent grocery stores only costing 1% more than the big names in the past?
…Ooookay then