Capitalism realized a while ago that a huge swath of young millennials and elder Gen Z are just broke enough to not comfortably start a family or buy a house but just flush with enough cash to fill the emotional holes left by shitty boomer parents with overpriced children’s toys.
https://bsky.app/profile/wapplehouse.bsky.social/post/3ly23expml22j
fun fact, that's also why the price of veterinary care has been increasing at an alarming rate lately – millennials can't afford houses or kids, so we have (relatively inexpensive) pets and treat them as kids, so of course the parasite class wants to make owning and caring for a pet expensive.
Yeah, corporations are buying up all the vets and jacking up the prices
I didn't even know my vet was owned by a venture capital firm until they shut down randomly. Tried to book an appointment, they cancelled, google maps said they were closed.
The employees still had access to their instagram account and were saying they were locked out and out of business and the VC firm cut contact with them.
I go to a privately owned place now, but they nickel and dime me more than the vet I used to go to... $80 poop inspection, $200 visit fee, $30 for a single dewormer pill that you can get for $5 online. Everyone's taking advantage of it now it seems.
my partner and I also take our cats to a private practice vet, and same; our 9yo cat’s last visit was ~$350 for physical exam, rabies vaccine, routine bloodwork, urine sample taking + testing.