04-02-2020, 03:15 AM
"pure capitalistic greed"
Capitalism has a role to play in this. Store "A" sells toilet paper for a dollar per roll. The first 10 people in the store buy all the toilet paper and nobody else can get any. Store "B" sells toilet paper for $20 per roll. Everybody who comes to the store only buys what they need and there is enough toilet paper for everybody.
Of course, there is store "C" who charges regular price and limits the amount a person can purchase. But that causes people to go to the store more frequently and risk spreading the disease. Imagine how COVID would of passed through the bread lines of the USSR.
Capitalism has a role to play in this. Store "A" sells toilet paper for a dollar per roll. The first 10 people in the store buy all the toilet paper and nobody else can get any. Store "B" sells toilet paper for $20 per roll. Everybody who comes to the store only buys what they need and there is enough toilet paper for everybody.
Of course, there is store "C" who charges regular price and limits the amount a person can purchase. But that causes people to go to the store more frequently and risk spreading the disease. Imagine how COVID would of passed through the bread lines of the USSR.