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  • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.detoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldGood ol’ days
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    6 days ago

    Yeah, bananas are a singularly bad example to show inflation because, for some reason, they became so associated with the idea of “cheap” that when supermarkets increase their price any way it makes the entire supermarket be considered as expensive, so supermarket chains are locked in a standoff over its price.

    Unfortunately, this is being subsided by the workers that aren’t getting paid a living wage to produce the bananas, and it seems we are close to a breaking point, so there might be a price realignment soon.


  • That’s different from preventing death. Trying to stabilise a terminal cancer patient is significantly different from treating it before it becomes terminal, being in a coma might not be immediately live threatening but removing the patient from the hospital until it becomes so can remove any chance of recovery. And even if you survive, if you only get treatment when it’s already a life or death situation the outcomes can be much worse.