🔹Residents of rural areas and owners of independent fuel stations have formed local patrol groups following an unprecedented wave of petrol and diesel thefts.

🔹These thieves, who often operate with vehicles bearing obscured license plates and large tanks installed in the trunk, have caused heavy damage to small family businesses.

🔹Owners of these stations say their profit margins are very slim due to rising global prices and heavy taxes, and any major theft can wipe out their income for a month.

🔹Many of these family businesses have been forced to raise the price per liter of fuel to compensate for losses caused by theft.

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THis is one of several consequences of the US provoked war.

[–] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Classic petit-bourg had to complain about taxes being too heavy while inadvertantly admitting that they are still making profits while taking advantage of a global crisis.

Many of these family businesses have been forced to raise the price per liter of fuel to compensate for losses caused by theft.

In other words, only the customers are suffering, the captialist can always just raise prices!

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 day ago

British mothers: "we have mad max at home"