i live down south and keep seeing local business owners posting in local groups pleading people to come buy shit at their stores prior to this winter storm because if they have to close for a few days it's apparently detrimental for them. like they're entitled to exist. in any other context this behavior would be considered desperate and begging. but we're conditioned to think small business tyrants are some class above us all who are entitled to not have to work a job like the rest of us. worst case scenario they lose their business and that's what happens, and working people are conditioned to feel sorry for them. "please don't let me become underpaid by some asshole exactly like myself!!!"

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[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Well, of course. I guess I was thinking that, in general, an economy of scale exists for production. If you're gonna feed people I kind of hope it works like taking raw ingredients and making less flashy things, even in a cafeteria right next to where production happens