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[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean I would hardly call this anything less than bog standard inflation ... I also prefer the taller skinner cans, but it does not seem like there is a trick, it is just normal inflation with a change to make people less likely to yell

[–] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At an 2x markup it's more than that imo, it's price gouging... Unless they were selling them for a loss for some time, which I doubt

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 21 hours ago

Inflation is, in part, the capitalists raising the prices without changing the product, in many ways they are driving, and set the pase of inflation