Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices

[biglentil]

Chucky yet you love big corps like Pfizer that made billions from the plandemic? Don't you have like 8 of their shots in the past few years. Lol

[blackpowder]

More naive denial from the usual suspects that nobody in the business world is overcharging their customers in order to maximize profits? LOL

So are you guys all enjoying the rapid increase in ag machinery parts? If so, it seems like there is still a lot of complaining about getting overcharged, but you still thinks its okay?

Most farmers recognize that rapidly increasing parts prices are not only driven by increasing costs, but the fact that most machinery companies will charge as much as they want to increase profit margins. And since each manufacturer has a monopoly on most unique parts where are you going to go? But you guys don't mind monopolies?

This post is full of naivete.
But you're not alone. Too many people don't understand the rules of money and are therefore afraid. Ignorance is fear afterall.
They really should teach them in grade school. There are many basic ones, but I'll address this post.
1. Goods trade for what the market will bare.
2. Maximizing profits is fundamental.
You seem to believe there is a choice involved in pricing other than the above. There is not.

It is a disservice to the rules of money and those less intelligent than yourself to fertilize this nonsense.
Please attempt better word selection to get your point across.
Difficult to read when I'm always proofreading.
I don't believe you are that thick unless you have an agenda with people who are.

Greed is a natural, exclusive human trait. Good governance required for honesty and therefore stability.

Support of, and therefore success within, the system requires understanding of the natural laws.

There are no nations today with a purely Marxist system. There were no technology breakthroughs in one.

[chuckChuck]

BP "Greed is a natural, exclusive human trait. Good governance required for honesty and therefore stability. Support of, and therefore success within, the system requires understanding of the natural laws." Huh?

Out of control greed with a relatively very small number of people controlling the majority of the worlds wealth and power is not stable nor fair in in any sense of the word.

Did you teach your kids to be greedy and self centred and not care about the rest of their family or community too? Let the oldest biggest kid eat the cake while the youngest get none?

[shtferbrains]

Did you copy and paste that from a description of soviet style communism, Chuck?

[blackpowder]

Perhaps I write too fast. Meant to be read as if spoken aloud.

Greed/gluttony is a natural human trait.
We are all capable.
We control it through wisdom.
Both capacities for which, found only in humans.

Good laws and respect thereof, provide checks and balances.
Allowing the natural laws of economics to benefit everyone.

In some way or another, no matter ability.

It is only natural that money flows towards itself over time.
Wise rules slow it down and redirect it.
Resets occur through regulation or revolution, similar events with largely different levels of pain.
Think of playing Monopoly if it helps.

Doubtful you can find a system of societal governance that isn't susceptible to human weaknesses.
Name one where power didn't consolidate.

If you don't like the admittedly flawed system we are in, please outline a sustainable improved version. I know this one won't last forever.

[Guest]

You are a deep thinker BP
unlike most sheeple

[blackpowder]

We all draw our own particular conclusions from partial information. It's part of how we survive.
But that decision process/bias is what can lead to eventually very wrong ends.

You are human, and therefore take positions through the same process as all conspiracy theorists.
Consider that.

We need to exercise wisdom.
When we simply interchange issues, we start to sound the same. No matter the political stance.

In other words, fanatasicm regardless of position is still faulty.

[blackpowder]

You are a deep thinker BP
unlike most sheeple

Recognizing my weaknesses doesn't mean I can fix them.
Responding to his frailties is easy when the subject is tangible.
Economics and psychology for the most part are. Quite unlike the climate buffalo chips.
Although false conclusions attained the same way.

[blackpowder]

If we consider that jealousy, greed and gluttony are related. We can see that Chuck's brand of socialism is as susceptible as any method. He has proven the jealousy consistently over the years.
Greedflation, although attempting to carry some meaning, is a very lazy word. Used for emotional response with sheeple.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I'm not so sure about the theory that humans are the only species capable of greed.
Have you ever fed cattle? The boss cows barge their way into the best feed, pushing anyone lower on the totem pole out of the feed. Any runts, orphans etc would literally starve to death if the boss cows had their way.
I've never observed wild bovines in their natural habitat, perhaps this is a trait we have imparted into cattle by domesticating them.

[WiltonRanch]

We all draw our own particular conclusions from partial information. It's part of how we survive.
But that decision process/bias is what can lead to eventually very wrong ends.

You are human, and therefore take positions through the same process as all conspiracy theorists.
Consider that.

We need to exercise wisdom.
When we simply interchange issues, we start to sound the same. No matter the political stance.

In other words, fanatasicm regardless of position is still faulty.

Wow! More wise words. I always hate when someone asks me what my opinion is about something. Turns into a long winded response cause I have to give both sides and state the reason why I believe what I do. Like a flippin 4H judging card. Been known to change my opinion when I get better informed. Some can’t won’t or don’t because they are fanatics.

[blackpowder]

I'm not so sure about the theory that humans are the only species capable of greed.
Have you ever fed cattle? The boss cows barge their way into the best feed, pushing anyone lower on the totem pole out of the feed. Any runts, orphans etc would literally starve to death if the boss cows had their way.
I've never observed wild bovines in their natural habitat, perhaps this is a trait we have imparted into cattle by domesticating them.

A drive to eat is not a scentioned forethought to take.
Yup, I've fed/ milked cattle for decades without anyone asking me if I wanted to.