It's sad that a basic neccesity such as water is now a branded

Welcome to capitalism

>>72797941
>>72797965
Wtf why aren't things free?

Go get your own water then

>>72797997
because bad guys won

>>72798078
Would it really have been different if Hitler won?

>>72797997
It's free, just do what >>72798012 says

You're paying for convenience, not the water.

It's just like food, moron

>>72798135
yeah, they actually don't even really charge you for the water. Unless you're one of those idiots who buys "artesian" water for $3 a bottle. In which case, blame yourself.

You're mostly paying for the plastic bottle when it comes to basic 99cent water bottles.

like fuck money and shit lol

nobody is stopping you from going to some river and filling up a gallon

>>72797941
hey, i also took the online political compass test.

>>72798229
Fuk limited resources, laws of economics, borders, authority, hierarchy n shieetttt

>>72798234
but at some point he had to buy the gallon container, which ultimately is the same phenomenon. leftists just don't realize it.

Somehow buying a container with something already in it is bad, but buying a container and then filling it yourself isn't.

>>72798376
>not creating the container with materials you found in nature
Fucking casuals

>>72798182
>It's just like food, moron

Give me ONE, JUST ONE reason for why food should cost money.

Protip: you cant

>>72798454
Because it took work to make it

>>72797941
you're not paying for the water, you're paying for the container and delivery

>>72798192
>You're mostly paying for the plastic bottle when it comes to basic 99cent water bottles

thats not right. the product may cost to the producer even a 20% of it value, even less. the transport, another 10%. the rest its just greed

>>72798111
hitler was agains capitalism and socialism. national socialism was an economic model too

>>72798321
exactly like why cant everything just be free lol

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>>72798192
>>72798610
it costs less than 4 cents per bottle

>>72798610
If people are willing to pay the price, then that's their choice. The real bullshit is when institutions decide to place water fountains in the least convenient places possible in order to increase the "cost" of getting water from the fountain. Many people would rather just buy it from machine rather than walking 250 feet up a flight of stairs to the fountain. If you had a fountain next to the machines, it would cut into their profits from the drinks (which the building hosting the drink machines shares in).

>>72798686
Ye

I smoked some weed yesterday and it made me think about how everyone is greedy n shit why can't we all just live together as a family man?

>>72797941
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GceNsojnMf0
It's commodified only in countries that have safe, drinkable tap water anyway.
A better criticism should be the privatisation of water utilities.

>>72798709
Why does it cost everyone so much?

>>72798823
*WAAH

>>72798934
The price of something is not set by the cost of inputs, but rather what consumers of the product are willing to pay. So long as people continue to pay $2 for a bottle of water, they will stay at $2.

>>72798765
thats the real deal about neoliberalism. the market do not regulate by its own, people will do whatever they can to get more money, even shit in the face of its consumers. in your country, company owners have a lot of power, even in the government, they can do as they like. now, imagine the same but even less regulated. thats chile

>>72798934
Same reason many things cost numerous times more than they cost to produce. People are willing to pay for it.

>>72799069
>even shit in the face of its consumers

But if you do that then you wont have any more customers and your company will lose money...?

Businesses get successful by providing value to people. Not "shitting" on them.

>>72798986
>>72799082
Sorry, i meant why does it cost Japan, europe, etc, so much to make their bottles?

>>72797941
It costs other people labour to sterilize that water and bring it to you.
Free water = Slavery

>>72799185
Probably some logistical reason

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>>72798986
>>72799185
>>72799276

Naphtha and fuel both come from oil

>>72799069
That is not an example of the market failing to regulate itself, it's an example of the market doing so. The purpose of a market economy is to maximize profit, efficiency is merely a beneficial side effect. This behavior might be classified as rent seeking (one of the major causes of inefficiency) but I'm not sure. It's mostly a minor inconvenience and way of extracting money from people.

>>72799185
It's literally right in the graph. Their costs of fuel are higher. Might be government related, island problems, or something else.