Hourly reminder that Capitalism only benefits Jews.

>>139538620
>leave water normal price
>hurricane happens
>some prick buys up every single bottle in the store because it's only like $5 for 24

What is supply and demand

I don't know about Texas, but Arabs own most of the gas stations I've been to.

>>139538810
This. Some by poos aswell.

There should be a cap just like payday loans interest cap and how taxes don't continue up to 95%

>>139538755
We're done here.

>>139538620
>what is supply and demand

>>139538755
my man

>>139538620

Rationing.

>>139538755

You could limit them to one pack per customer and not need to price gouge.

>>139539167
/thread

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>>139538620

Why wold it benefit us more or less than it benefits anyone else?

It looks capitalism benefits Texans with water bottles more than anyone.

Holy shit when did prices get so damn high in Texas?

I live in SC and we're setting at like under 2 dollars right now (hell we WERE sitting even lower than that, like 1.50.) What tf happened Texas?

>>139539309
What if you are picking up water for a nursing home? What if you have a family of 12?

price is literally 1 bottle of water x number of bottles in pack

the store usually sells them singularly, high demand from natural disaster means the store will sell the pack whole and ring it up at it's proper price

>>139539167
That sound is the OP's balls you're crushing with a stomp, fucking sav

You can thank hoarder retards for this

>Mildly inconvenienced by weather
>Some retards get triggered and buy all the water
>People die from dehydration because of no water.

The price hike is so fuckers who overreact can't buy all the supplies like retards.

>>139539639

Per customer so have someone else in your family also buy a pack etc. Plus in cases like nursing homes etc they could show an ID etc and get an exception.

>>139539567
Definitely not a hurricane or anything

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>>139538620
>Bad thing happens so people should give their stuff away at less than it's value.
Grow up.

>>139539791
You really have no idea what a disaster situation is like, do you?

Price hikes discourage hoarding while allowing special circumstances. Why can't Old Missis Johnson give you a $50 bill and have you get her water for her? It's her money.

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>>139538620

>>139540021

>You really have no idea what a disaster situation

Not really as it's one of the few benefits of the UK where we don't have earthquakes and hurricanes and other wank.

>>139538620
Actually price gouging in disasters helps. Lets say water is 3$ for a 24 pack then the first person there will buy it all if its 50$ a 24 pack they will not then more water gets supplied to more people.

>>139540251
The tradeoff is you have 120 sunshine days

>>139538620

Capitalism benefits literally everyone.

You need to go back, Achmed.

>>139538620
Capitalism is the only system that fights jews.

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>>139538620
just looked up the price of smart water 12 pack just like on the pic...

>>139538755
lel this
in fact wasn't some commie bitching about exactly that very scenario - ie some guy selling water bottles for 100$?

I would not go that far. It's just that 48% of the 1% are unethical turds like Corrine.

>>139538620
>benefits pajeet
ftfy

>>139540661
LOL
https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/
count em

someone look up the prices, i cant access most of the US retailer online stores with my IP, i dont think most of them are actually higher/ not that high than normal

>>139538755

Except price gouging after a natural disaster is illegal and people are reporting these crooked businesses left and right. They wont be there any more soon.

Dumb ass leaf.

>>139540251
You're making a simple situation very complex with all these needless regulations

Also, your entire fucking nation is a disaster

>>139541154
>because it's a law that means it's sensible
Not an argument.
You don't deserve your flag, cuck.

>>139538620
capitalism benefits everyone. our current system is welfare socialism with a side order of corporatism.

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>>139538620
>Get your government supplied equity before it's gone!

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wew truly evil

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>>139541154
>government can't even save people form their flooded homes days after the fact
>thinks they're going to process "price gougers"

>>139541269

Its the law and they will be fined 20,000 dollars per occurrence or over 250,000 dollars if the citizen is over 65.

They are done for idiot. Now blow away in the wind.

>>139541434
Nobody is arguing if it's legal you fuckwit, wow you really rekt me.

>>139541154

Enjoy your shortages you retarded fucking cuck.

>>139541388

>Idiot is so dumb he doesnt think the government will fine these companies for money in their own pocket.

Stick to your countries politics dumb ass.

>>139541549
>meanwhile they're supplying free water at shelters

I get it, you're a product of your education system, but really try harder.

>>139538755
fpbp

OP, you are the reason the world's economies are fucked beyond repair.

>>139541641

I get it Canadians have no education so its pointless talking to you.

You shouldnt try anymore just give up. Its pointless for someone with your iq.

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>>139541380
How the fuck then they kept living for another day or week?

>>139538620
hourly reminder that "price gouging" doesn't exist, the rise in price occurs because supply is relatively small and demand is large. High prices prevent shortages and wasteful hoarding while supply stabilizes.

> getting btfo hourly

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>>139538620
>It's another lefty/pol/ shill thread

>>139539729
>if you prepare well for a disaster you're a retard

Dumb ass fucking German

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>>139538620
>buying water in a flood

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>exxon
>whew wee i wonder who is rly in charge it makes me think

fucking idiots lmao never change /pol/

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>>139541384
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>>139539660
>>139539791
the original prices were $4 per 24 bottles.

>>139538620
>opportunistic monopolies are part of a healthy capitalist system fallacy.

>>139540031
>implying the top picture couldn't be swapped for a picture of America's breadlines in the 1900s and have essentially the same picture

>>139538620
Since I have ownership in oil in Texas, I'm loving this shit!

Water comes straight out of the taps here, no need to go to the petrol station at all.

>>139542094
I wonder what could have happened to cause an increase in demand and decrease in supply, its not like there's a hurricane fucking shit up preventing fresh supply from arriving

> being this fucking thick

>>139542298
>Nazi flag
>can't into socialist economics
pottery

>>139538620
>what is supply and demand
Would you rather that they stay that price the entire time? Because that's what the alternative is, whether you admit it or not.

>>139538755
>>139539085
>>139539229
>>139539309
>>139540797
>>139541154
>>139541733

>Forsaking the safety of your American brothers for extra shekels.
Americans need to die. Although tbchwyf since it's texas it's probably full of mexishits and niggers so w.e.

>>139542431
> can't into meme flags
so you are retarded then

>>139538755
Youre retarded

>>139542548
Nobody is saying you can't buy $200 worth of water and give it to your fellow Americans, anon. But if there was a limit of 1 per customer, someone WOULD be. Don't you see?

>>139542566
nice flag change

>>139542094
home depot ALWAYS sells their packs going with the per bottle price x 24

according to a home depot employe. they arent allowed to just causally change prices, it comes from high up

>>139539729
no it's because some jew sees profit in other people's plight

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>>139541820

They had stuff but not for very long as it was quickly bought out.

>Were 1990s Russians dumbfounded when they first visited capitalist grocery stores?

>I talked to a Captain Reynolds who was involved with a US-Russian exchange during the '90s when a group of Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses flew to Moscow for a visit and then a group of Soviet TU-95s came to visit Barksdale AFB in northern Louisiana.

>He told a couple of illustrative stories.

>First: While in Russia, Reynolds and his group were sitting around the table chatting after a meal when a heavy set woman in a smock grabbed the attention of the translator. She was from the kitchen and wanted to know what was wrong with the food. "Nothing," she was told, "the food was fine. We have had enough." She looked dumbstruck and explained that in Russia, no one leaves good food on the table.

>Second: During the return visit to Louisiana, the Soviet contingent asked if they could visit an American grocery store. They were taken by bus to the Kroger near the base in Bossier City, and the manager was kind enough to give everyone in the party a voucher for $50 worth of goods. They entered the store and stopped short. At first they insisted this was staged for their benefit. Finally, they went off madly shopping.

>Through the translator, the ranking officer asked the store manager if anyone was free to shop in the store. "Yes, of course," he was told.

>"And," he asked, "how many people live in this city that you have such a store?"

>"About a quarter million," he was told.

>He was incredulous, and went away shaking his head. The store manager told Captain Reynolds he didn't have the heart to tell him there were three more Kroger stores, two Albertsons, five Brookshire's, and a variety of other stores, all of roughly the same size and stock.

>>139539167
>what is economic abuse of your fellow countrymen when a natural disaster hits
>what is price gouging laws

you are so fucking jewish you dont even know it yourself. this is why you yanks never will understand nationalism or support for your people; you have no people, only mixed mutts living as slave for the jewish coin.
Only you and the other kikes argue about how much better it is.

>>139542772
nice thread

>>139538620
hourly reminder that
>DUE TO HEALEY

>>139539639
Fuck old people. Fuck big familys

>>139539729
>no water
52 inches of rain.

>>139542938
if the government wants to provide at a discount stuff be my guest, what the rise in price does is incentivize private citizens as well as businesses to invest in getting a supply of water/gas down to where it is most needed as there is profit

>>139542938
>awwww my family has no food and water pls sell 4 cheap :(

Companies aren't responsible for your well-being you spoiled brat.

Seems like typical petrol station prices.

>>139542949
glad to see I made someone smarter

>>139542938
>>139543171
>government literally supplying free water at shelters as part of relief

>>139538620
>what is supply and demand

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Everyone keeps saying "supply and demand", but shouldn't that mean the price of water plummeting?

>>139542853
this story brought a tear to my eye

>>139543305
I realize that, what norbro is implying is that private businesses seeking to provide additional supplies at a price is "muh evil capitalism"; what I am pointing out is that the government is free to do whatever they wish, however the free market will always look for the most efficient solution, and if the market demand exceeds supply obviously the price will rise as will profit thus incentivizing private firms/citizens to help solve the problem of limited supply

Zionist American Crony Capitalism.

>>139542791
Nigga what. Home Depot sells cases of water for the same price every other big box stores does. ~$4/24 bottles.

>>139543455
KEK <-------Here
Kek
Kek
Kek
Kek

>>139542853
That's crazy, thanks

>>139538620
>$42.72
>$1.78/bottle
who gives a shit? don't but it then. some faggot posted a pic of a $72 case of water here last night and he still got BTFO'd.

just read this, idiot:
https://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-in-praise-of-price-gouging/

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>>139543455
>what is potable water

>>139539567

The point of sale system went down that's an error code notice all products say it

It will avg $4-5 for a bit locally

>>139542198
>Americas breadlines in the 1900s
You mean the fucking depression?

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>>139543163
I got 15 Trillion gallons of fresh water!

>>139543455

Well played

>>139542853
Commies btfo'd

>>139544280
>>139543163
This, if you don't know how to filter and boil water, then you weren't meant to live through it.

>>139541380

This. Price gouging during disasters can be countered by giving away food charitably. How the fuck do you fix the grocery store never having food?

>>139538620

Thazs the result of statism ( = leftism )

>>139544398
You're forgetting these are niggers and spics we're talking about. Neither do any sort of backpacking or outdoor related stuff outside looting. I doubt they've every even heard of Sawyer or Katadyn.
Unless they can get it from the white man they simply can't get it at all.

>>139538620
why? only jews stock up before disasters?

>>139544809
>statism ( = leftism )
AHAH

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>>139544501
Easy, when the government takes all the food you produce to make sure it's divided in a equitable manner. So you get a crust of bread and a 1/4 cabbage no matter you producing 5 tons or 5 pounds of wheat, then it's kinda hard to get motivated to produce more.

>put on a fake show and write with magic marker to make business look evil
>people donate as things look very bad
>collect hefty check

>>139545391
>Unless they can get it from the white man they simply can't get it at all.
Hmm, that doesn't sound like free men at all, sounds like some kind of domesticated animals.

>>139544323
you fucking work hard to accomplish something
in capitalism you need a ferrari to prove yourself
only winners count, but there can only be one winner
in communism you see some people work hard but are not able to be the winner
'there can be only one'

>>139542548
the amount of fucks i give for another person is directly proportional to the amount of DNA i share with them

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>>139546917
This guy gets it.

>>139542548
forgetting that if they are super cheap nothing is stopping someone or a small group from buying all water from every store around and sell it back to people at 15x the price

>>139543455
not if there's a sudden demand increase without an equal supply increase. learn econ 101 please

>>139546562
>in communism you see some people work hard but are not able to be winner
Sounds like natsoc should have won.

>>139547307
he doesn't get anything, it's not about some racial or immigrant stuff
fuck off, i'm off to stromcloud

>>139547445
see:
>>139542548

>>139547988
> idontunderstandsupplyanddemand.gif

>>139548138
I do
also see:
>>139542548

>>139547903
in order of how much i care:
me
immediate family
rest of the family
same ethnic background
friends
white people i dont know
every one else

>>139538620
I remember hurricane sandy my brother and I woke up at 1 am looking for gas and there was a line already.

>>139548257
> govt should compel people to behave a certain way

I mean not surprising given your flag but it works until its something you don't want to do

>>139548650
Sacrifice is the very principle on which society is built upon.

>>139548847
tyranny is the very principle that destroys society, fascism is an amazing way to run a military, not a populace

>>139538755
Is that a joke? The bottles are actually pretty cheap though

>>139548374
in order of how much i care
people wishing harm upon me
people who don't

>>139548847
>Sacrifice is the very principle on which society is built upon.

Yeah funny how it's always someone else sacrificing for your cause but never the other way around. But I'm sure you gave all of your food and money to those poor people to help them... right anon?

>>139549178
> being this pozzed

>>139538755
>>139539167
I don't get it. People keep saying supply and demand, but the amount of water in Texas has increased exponentially in the past days. Shouldn't the price be lower?

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>>139548929
>tyranny is the very principle that destroys society
Having a strong society is needed to fend off the attacking hoards. Also, German is a dumpster until Hitler came to power. Unemployment low as hell, baby boom, invention of Autobahn, Volkswagon, Adidas, etc. ( I might be talking out of my ass for that one I can't remember)

>>139538620
I live in Canada one of the most socialist leaning western countries. Those gas prices are actually pretty fucking cheap compared to here (remember in the US gas is in gallons here it's in litres)

>>139549317
are you drunk, what is pozzed ?

This is illegal. Nice try lefties.

>>139549546
>German is a dumpster
Meant to type "Germany was". Tired.

>>139549229
>implying I don't like seeing amerifats suffer
USA should be kill

>>139549546
I'm not saying fascism isn't effective, in fact its incredibly effective, I'm saying that a government that compels you rather than incentivizes you to act is tyranny and you are entirely reliant on the government deciding not to fuck your shit up. It is a system that is doomed in the long run to fail despite being very effective at getting shit done a la weinmar to natsoc Germany

>>139549440
You're joking right

In a declared disaster area, price gouging is illegal and has been/will be prosecuted in due time

>>139549861
>It is a system that is doomed in the long run to fail
What did he mean by this?

>>139549692
catching the HIV from a fag. pozzed, as in possed, as in (HIV) positived

>>139549546
fuck off, i'm not playing your competive game plan

>>139538620
Hourly reminder, you are an uneducated idiot!

>>139550102
ily Belgium

>>139550066
that governments built on a dictatorial system are only as good as the dictator, what happens after Hitler dies, what happens if someone without the genuine and deep affection for their people takes the reigns of a fascist government? I would prefer not to be at the total mercy of the government with no recourse if Caligula mk2 ends up in charge.

>>139538620
>have a week to prep for hurricane
>ignore warnings and don't evacuate
>choose not to buy supplies
They only have themselves to blame

>>139550318
i'm NOT belgium

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>>139550399
This is actually a question I've been pondering to myself, and you bring up a good point. If you have ever heard a speech from George Lincoln Rockwell he talked about how the strongest and best of a society should lead, not the most popular. I believe that fascist leaders should appoint a leader to take care of the country in case the shit hits the fan and current leader dies. Either that or hand it over to the general or a high ranking officer of the military, since these are people who willingly go out of their way to defend their nation. However, of course a government shouldn't have full control of the inner workings of society. The right to weaponry and free speech should absolutely be upheld, as well as many others.

>>139550399
you end up with some nitwit ideology

The gas prices are because the refineries are fucked and no new gas is being trucked in
The water price is the retard tax for not owning a couple 5 gallon tanks to fill up with the sink before a natural disaster

>>139539839
Don't blame him, he probably watches Faux news.

>>139551104
rights to weaponry and free speech are individual rights which under a fascist system wouldn't exist. Rockwell is right however, the issue goes back as far as Plato. In Plato's Republic he sets up the ideal society in which to find justice, the society he "creates" is 100% hierarchical where people who are born to be soldiers are soldiers and defenders, where people who are born to be philosopher kings are philosopher kings. I agree completely with your point that it should be both the best and those most devoted to their country that lead it, the question is how in practice to guard against the mediocre, well connected, and power hungry.

>>139551259
>The water price is the retard tax for not owning a couple 5 gallon tanks to fill up with the sink before a natural disaster

This.

>>139551104
that would require some standard in determining who the strongest and best (notice the disambiguity here) are

>>139539791
>per customer
Then they just send their family and buddies in to buy the "one per customer per day" and clean out the store, give them all ten bucks for their troubles, and sells the water for $4 a bottle. You don't get to suddenly be a victim of circumstance when you live on the Gulf of Mexico and do fuckall in the way of disaster preparedness. FEMA spends assloads of money trying to convince even the retards in the US to stockpile basic supplies and equipment to survive local disasters.

>>139549440
based

>>139551980
imagine i'm the strongest, i'm going to shit all over you

>>139538620

this is how trumps dad made all this money

>>139551648
In concerns to your claim that fascism and human rights cannot exist within the same spectrum, I disagree completely. Fascism and human rights can be completely implemented in a society. In regards to free speech, it must always be upheld, as long as it has mutual respect (communists and antifa would have no human rights as they blatantly claim to be against it, and "bash fash"). Not to mention that Oswald Mosley was an advocate for free speech. I also have to read up on Plato's Republic so I can't really comment on that.

>>139539791
>now we build a completely retarded system over night thinking of every possible situation because we are going to ignore the free market and instead limit peoples ability to buy water

>>139538620
Why shouldn't the prices be hiked up? It's a good thing that they are. There's a shortage because there are limited supplies.

If they artificially kept gas at a lower price, people will continue to consume it as they usually do leading to further shortage.

If the prices are allowed to rise based on the actual supply and demand it does to beneficial things:

1) people only use it for essential reason. Need to escape with your family in the minivan? $8/gal is a fair price for your life. Cruising the strip in your mustang to pick up roasties? Probably going to wait until the prices come back down.

2) it provides incentives for providers to reestablish supply lines, or for enterprising truckers who would otherwise not take the risk to deliver pallets of water bottles to do so.

>>139552740
Well in a fascist system the nation/society is always more important than the individual, which in practice generally means that individuals who are deemed a meance to the nation/society have their rights stripped or are expelled for the good of society. The problem with fascism is that its central tenant (that the nation should take priority over the individual) is also a justification for ignoring the rights of individual citizens. This is opposed to say the bill of rights, where the government (at least in theory) cannot make laws that take away your individual freedoms such as press/arms/speech/assembly regardless of who you are.

>>139552482
who the fuck cares about ukraine, except some egocentric maniancs, par hazard in the progressive liberal front ?

>>139542198
>economic depression where the government steps in to help is the same as the government literally limiting food supplies to the point of starvation for millions of people

>>139542241
>doesn't understand how flood waters can & will essentially eliminate clean drinking water

>>139553303
Why not have a fascist government that implements its own "Bill of rights" to ensure the government does sperg out and abuse its power? Also I believe that your criticism of "how in practice to guard against the mediocre, well connected, and power hungry." can be applied to any type of government. Corruption is an omnipresent cancer that can affect dictatorships, democracies, republics, monarchies, and so on and so fourth.

>>139553238
no argument here, but who are you to play god

>>139543455
Did you even go to high school? or what?
maybe a nig?
Supply means the amount of a good in circulation
demand means the amount of people in that good's area with the desire and capital to buy it

if supply is high demand will decrease, thus price drops incentivising more purchases of said product.

if supply is low, demand will increase, causing the price to increase as there is not enough (water) to give everyone who wants (water) some (water)

>>139538620
GIBS ME DAT WATER, WE NEED MONEY FO DEM HYDRAMINTS

>>139554039
yes well we have 3 branches of govt here in america with a series of checks and balances to at least in theory cut back on abuse of power, as opposed to a dictatorial system where you are at the mercy of a dictator and how that dictator feels about corruption. Your first point does not make any sense, we know fascism puts the nation above the individual ergo the nations benefit/right above the individuals right, that is the core of the philosophy, there is no justification at least through pure fascism of giving individuals rights as individuals are subservient to the nation and should do what the nation requires of them

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>>139538620
Price controls lead to shortages. If you priced all those goods at their non-disaster cost they would sell out immediately and the water and gas would disappear. With higher prices, at least those who desire the product the most have access to those goods, whereas the guy who just wants to stock up because he feels like it will have second thoughts.

That being said, this is also terribly bad for business and the vendors in question will have their actions remembered by the court of public opinion.

>>139548257
Hey dumbass meme flag
take it off
lets see if your country could hold up and not do the same thing
This would take place literally anywhere in the world where this occurred.

>>139554297
why are you obsessed with water ? Isn't more like a problem ?

>>139538620
Top kek, cunt brit doesn't know the American way of capitalism. No wonder why your country is shit

>>139554399
Well, I gotta wrap this up considering I have to be in bed soon. Overall, I can see the flaws in my ideology, but I still believe it to be highly efficient and effective at securing the nation, ensuring prosperity, and protecting the common volk of the nation. Thnx 4 da debate amerifat

>>139540665
thats smart water, not dasani

>>139554532
fucking libertarians man

>>139554780
fuck, i have to beat my neighbour to a pulp, I don't get it either, wise man.

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>>139538620
This is price gouging and is actually illegal so this isn't fair to use this to criticize our capitalism.

>>139538620
Businesses should like be for the people maaaannnn

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>>139539639
>What if you have a family of 12?
Then you sail your dingy back to Mexico.

>>139541886
If you prepared for a natural disaster you'd have your supply way before the arrival of the hurricane. He's referring to the idiots who'd panic and go out and buy a bunch when they realize that their faucets don't work anymore.

>>139554780
>the American way of capitalism

Which is just the Israeli way, but fatter.

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>>139555452
It is both effective an efficient friend the only question is longevity, and thank you fash bro

>>139554123
Who is anyone else to play god and fix prices? Prices are just information. It's the signaling that we use to allocate resources efficiently. Tamper with it and you cause shortages.

>>139538620
I know it's nigger behavior but at that point I'd just steal it
Those greedy fucks need to be taught a lesson

>>139538620
Price gouging is illegal. Hard to say if they'll get in trouble for it. Even something as scalping tickets is illegal, you're just not likely to go to jail over it.

>>139556048
>>139555986

I was almost convinced that there were no real people on /pol/ anymore

No real human being can defend this behavior, i'm convinced most of the other posts have to be satire.

How can pol on one hand ferverously defend this act of (capitalism) and condemn looters in the next sense? Because looting unattended items and taking the last of a desperate people's money share similar elements

>>139538810
hmm. Look up who owns those businesses

>>139556217
Behave like a nigger and you are nothing but another nigger.

You probably already area if you couldn't stock up on water given a whole week to prepare.

>>139539309
>>bunch of nogs and my fellow spic bros come rabbling into the store in attempt to buy water because it's still cheap.
>>Black Friday has come early boys.

>>139549440
>I am completely retarded: the post

If I gave you 100 gallons of sewer-contaminated water to drink, would you say your drinking water supply has now increased?

>>139556290

i don't think they should be jailed but a punitive fines on the individual business owner/operator and maybe even corporate to discourage this behavior.

>>139556449

I haven't really been paying attention to the storm prior to landfall, partly because I'm not from there and because i heard it was a very low category.

That said, I'm sure there were many people who did the same; it's not like it was Cat. 5 M.O.A.S. coming through.

Or worse yet, the already stretched thin "middle class" who, perhaps, could not afford to stock up for the storm and was forced to buy further goods once it was known just how dire the conditions would become.

>>139556380
Buying things is a voluntary decision, no one is putting a gun to their head and making them by it.

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>>139557126
it's VOLUNTARY bro

>>139538620
THAT'S NORMAL PRICES!
24 bottles of water for $20 is cheap!

Bitchslap Haji for raising his fuel prices but that's nothing unusual for water.

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>>139541989
chuckled

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>>139538620
I just thought of this recently. That's why I'm quitting work soon. No reason for me to benefit Jews and the normies that fall for their games.

>>139556996
>a punitive fines on the individual business owner/operator and maybe even corporate to discourage this behavior.

Government intervention is always great. Why not fine people who charge high rents or banks that won't loan money to poor minorities? Who cares about reality, it FEELs right.

>>139556892

A fellow mentioned rationing earlier in the thread, and if properly implemented, would be sufficient in distributing water efficiently, fairly, and to the business owner would still benefit for supplying to goods.

>>139557126

Harvey put a gun to their head, surrounding them with water but not a drop to drink. They need to drink to survive.

>>139538620
The UK sjust sucks, I bought 24 bottles for 3.99 last week

2 FUCKING TOONIES

>>139538755
Day of the rake postponed.

>>139538620
Those corner stores would normally break down a pack of 24 bottles of water and sell them for $1.29 a bottle, maybe more. In this case, they are selling the whole case for individual cost, not case discount. There is plenty about this storm to get angry over, gook run corner stores selling their goods at regular cost is not one of them. In other words, COMMIES GET FUCKED
t. a Houstonian who just evacuated his dad from a red cross shelter

>>139556201
start a business without the object to make money
(build a house, buy some capital goods)

>>139557393
Nature is a merciless bitch, Why is it the store owner's responsibility to help out strangers? I'm all for charity but coercing people to do the "right" thing isbullshit.

>>139556983
t. retarded amerifat who does not understand sarcasm

>>139539729
>Worst natural disaster in America since Hurricane Katrina
>Minor inconvenience

>>139557393
You act like there isn't a supply shortage when you say rationing, do you think companies just magic shit out of nowhere when they want to sell stuff; use your head

>>139538620
Rationing is COMMUNISM

The most effective method of distribution during a crisis is giving the rich jews everything they need like a good libertarian goy

FREE MARKET bro

>>139557781
i fucking already know tthe money thing

>>139556983
The Clydesdale should've given it away bro lol

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>>139538620

>$19.99
>for Agua

lol I hope they're only overcharging the spics

Also,

>be me
>be white
>live in Texas
>think you're going to take my hard-earned money in a time of crisis for the necessities of life
>yfw I just straight up murder you for a pack of water because you couldn't keep your jew-genes under control

>>139558319
True, I'm a complete moron for taking it seriously

>>139557390

Immediately jump to absolutes and minorities. Shills/alt-retards/et al, perhaps do a little thinking on the parasitic nature of those industries a bit more

>>139557725

but it's not regular pricing. and I sincerely doubt they regularly sell, by the case, at those prices.

There's a slight different of circumstances. But I'm sure you're very grateful for the capitalist program of the red cross. how much did they charge for their services?

>>139557794

It's not coercion, it's a temporary restriction in pricing due to a natural disaster for the benefit of society as a whole. Maybe even keeping original pricing and just rationing, the owner is still profiting by selling much more product than given normal circumstances

>>139558086

>:^)

>People defending an illegal action that can easily bankrupt a non-chain store
>Their argument are behind a false-dichotomy where if you don't price gouge then a hoarder will buy them all out
>Don't understand that laws are the social contract we have with each other which is why price-gouging is illegal during a declared emergency and not when there's an event going on like a concert
>These guys can only harp MUH SUPPLY AND DEMAND when confronted with anything
>They also unleash their inner jew and defend it by saying "JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LAW DOESN'T MAKE IT NOT SENSIBLE"
These are the cucks you don't want living next to you because when shit hits the fan they will leave you to die as they leave their dogs tied up in their backyard.

>>139538620
>'capitalism is evil!'
>power company writes me to tell me they will not turn off anyone's power during the hurricane
>cell phone company writes me to tell me they will not charge anyone for cell phone use during the hurricane

So greedy!

>>139551648
>rights to weaponry and free speech are individual rights which under a fascist system wouldn't exist
jew lies

every thread full of obvious kikes. you niggers glow in the dark.

>>139558823
What happens when your job has a high demand and the government decides you have to work for a price they deem reasonable?

>>139558866
> private citizens and businesses attempt to alleviate a massive supply problem with the reward being profit
> REEEE economics are illegal

truly retarded

>>139559106
You mean
>business tries to illegally profit off of a natural disaster by price-gouging, something they should know that they shouldn't do because they decided to make a business in Texas
Don't like it then go to another state that doesn't have price-gouging laws. They knew what they signed up for, don't defend jews. They violated the NAP.

>>139538620
Better question, what kind of retard does not prepare at all for a hurricane thats for sure coming through? Why don't those fags buy the water ahead of time or better yet, fill up some containers at home from the faucet. Even better, have a 55 gallon drum full of drinking water just in case. This kind of fleecing only affects the retarded. I approve.

>>139559014
Read the posts about fascism you mong, you can't have both individual rights that are inalienable and a government that believes the nation must come before the individual

>>139559266
> I would rather there be no water

Being this much of a communism

>>139559014
Firearm registration and confiscation sure are great.

>>139559369
Not an argument. They can still sell their products. Imagine being this much of a retard that you defend illegal actions because of greed. Like I said, they agreed to honor the laws that bind them the moment they set up a business in Texas. You can't violate laws you don't like without repercussions.

>>139559026
what happens if you have to work at a price I seem reasonable (I'm not in a position to just print if out of thin air)

>>139545391
This is why I am preparing. I can outlast the dark horde. Seriously how do they survive?

>>139539167
There's no overall change though

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>>139559618
I can choose to work for one of your competitors if they provide a wage or conditions that I find more favorable.

>>139558866

It's amazing. I'm convinced it's one or more state sponsored actors to give the illusion that this behavior is a popular opinion, to divide people, and make them forget about the basic human nature to help our their neighbors in times of need. And the useful idiots who truly believe the unfettered capitalism meme probably wont reeeeeproduce in any meaning ful numbers

>>139558989

Those decisions, if true, were likely made after considering PR. If they could get away with it, they probably would, but some companies do genuinely care about their communities and do these altruistic acts.

The problem arises that not all companies truly care and who wants to rely on kindness during a national emergency when stores like the OP exist.

>>139559026

Like a doctor? Socialized medicine seems to work in other countries somehow, and the doctors still live pretty comfortable lives.

If the job was truly high demand high skill labor, you'll be pretty well off.

>>139559106

Some aspects of economics are illegal.

>>139559288

I haven't really been paying attention to the storm prior to landfall, partly because I'm not from there and because i heard it was a very low category.

That said, I'm sure there were many people who did the same; it's not like it was Cat. 5 M.O.A.S. coming through.

Or worse yet, the already stretched thin "middle class" who, perhaps, could not afford to stock up for the storm and was forced to buy further goods once it was known just how dire the conditions would become.

>>139559588
Google supply and demand curves friend, then google shortages, then use your big boy critical thinking skills and try to apply it to post disaster areas with compromised supply and increased demand

I live in Toledo and a few years back we couldn't drink the water for about 4 days because of a toxin caused by pesticides from the shit head Trump loving farmers. In any case, there were a few greasy Arab gas stations that pulled this shit. They got publically shamed on social media, the local news showed up, and they got charged for price gouging by the Ohio attorney general when all was said and done. Point is, this doesn't generally work out very well for those who try to do this. It's a shitty thing to do, if they were truly worried about one asshole buying up all the water they could just limit the amount per person rather than raising the price. Also, there were tons of niggers using their food stamps to buy up all the water from places like Walmart while the rest of us were at working paying for their fucking food stamps. Fuck Arabs, Fuck niggers, and especially fuck the republicans who want to dismantle the very agencies tasked with protecting our water and looking out for consumers.

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>>139538620

> actually stockpile necessities to avoid this problem
> be mocked by Liberals as tinfoil hat "preppers"

WHAT DO YOU WANT LIBERALS

JUST TELL ME

>>139554123
>>admits that he doesn't have an argument.
>>spouts out some retarded shit anyway.

>>139559830
I'm not arguing legality I'm arguing efficacy I realize bleeding hearts vote

>>139538620
>>139538620
>donate to hurricane relief in Houston
>"Charity" buys out all these gas stations
>jews profit

>>139559830
>Like a doctor?

More like forced farm labor in Venezuela.

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>>139559846
It's like talking to a wall. It's illegal. Gonna start talking about how you should be able to smoke weed and fuck your sister in front of an elementary school? You are literally one of the dumbest trolls, at least don't repeat the same shit multiple posts in a row after being refuted.

>>139548374
what if you were to enter a relationship?

>>139560068
Br0 there are laws therefore the free market is not effective, LAWS bro

> t. you

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>>139538620
>price ceilings create supply instead of causing shortages
>water and gas aren't your property if someone else "needs" it
>government rationing actually work since the USSR and Mao never happened

>>139559937
Would republicans win you over if they were to dismantle the welfare system?

>>139559846

price gouging is illegal for a reason. It's a natural disaster, it's an extreme event causing the prices to rise out of absolute necessity

>>139559993

>i was only pretending to be retarded

>>139560056

>vzla meme
>not seeing the difference between an oppressive dictatorship and the average working owning the means of production
>just sticks fingers in ears screaming it isn't real communism

>>139559828
You individually could, and I indivdually could, but the structural cohesionb of our society would be chalenged, and what is the altarnetive? Let's no t rock the boat., unless of course someone really knows what they are doing, id est not.

>>139560601
> price gouging is illegal for a reason
Because shortages are awesome right, now who's pretending to be retarded

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>>139560233
>I don't like a law that I agreed to follow when I set up business somewhere
>Therefore it's okay for me to break it because MUH FREE MARKET
>>139560601
Don't argue with him lad, he's a free market faggot that thinks it's okay to pretend like laws don't exist because you can make profit by breaking them. He pretends to live in some hypothetical world that's ruled by MUH FREE MARKET

>>139560284

No one is arguing that there should be permanent price ceilings, just that prices should be capped at normal rates during this extreme exception

and yeah, if someone is on fire and takes your water from your property, that's called an affirmative defense and they will likely not be prosecuted, so it is legal

>>139560746
they wouldn't be in a free market scenario

>>139538620
>Antifag reminder that anyone caught price gouging can and will be charged up to 250,000$

>>139559830
A 55 gallon food grade drum can be had for as low as 20 bucks second hand. Maybe 3 cents in water in it. At the very least they can fill up containers with tap water ahead of time. Now they get to pay the retard tax.

>>139549440
and they say the left can't meme

>>139559969
They want you to die, they want your children to die and the thought makes them laugh.

>>139560846
> hahaha what are you talking about price gouging is morally evil and illegal because attempting to incentivize people to alleviate the supply problem with profit is devil worship
>>139560882
> there shouldn't be price ceilings
> only sometimes
Wew lad, do you think companies/people just magic water and gas from nowhere when they want to sell stuff and raise the price during the disaster purely for shits and giggles

>>139560746
There'll be a coffin shortage when you start charging £1000 per litre of water

>>139538620
Raise prices on everything so rich whites only ones that can cope after a natural disaster.

Black people steal to survive.

Wow shocker, baka you are all slaves to the Jew.

>>139560746

I don't even know what what you're trying to say. I'm trying to put forth arguments and you're being daft. Yes there is a shortage, but it is a national disaster with human lives at stake and so it is societies interest to temporarily control prices for the greater good

it's the law, and there's a reason

>>139560846

i think it's important to voice the opinion from time to time and argue with shills so that any lurkers will hopefully see there is a differing of opinion out there and rational thought should prevail. anyone who defends (((this behavior))) at the expense of their countryman should seriously examine some things.

>>139561272
> hahaha how is supply finite just magic more shit after you instantly sell out of your underpriced good

>>139561207
I said in my first post that the defense of "MUH HOARDERS" is a false-dichotomy. 1 pack of water per person is good enough. Fuck off retard and go jack off to your fantasy land. You're the one defending breaking laws for profit like a cunt.

>>139561454
Raising the price of something doesn't increase your supply of said product it just makes your customers poorer

>>139561092
a something mm bullet can be made to steal you drum

>>139561325
What you are in effect saying is that we shouldn't have people trying to bring in more water to an area with a shortage because profit is evil. Who cares if people die from as long as people don't profit from providing high demand goods

>>139561092

Where do you get those drums? Maybe the appt or small home doesn't have room, or maybe they had daily stressors that preoccupied them with daily survival that prevented the proper planning due to ruling off the event for the reasons i listed in this and previous post.

>>139561207

Yes, I believe this behavior was undertaken on an individual level.

Another houston anon mentioned his gas/telecom company sent emails explaining that usage was free during the disaster.

doesn't seem to be a problem for them, although im not advocating the OP store, or any other, be forced to give up their goods without eventual compensation or exceptional circumstances

>>139542198
how many people died in 1900s america vs gommunism?

>>139561521
No but it encourages other people to provide supply with the reward being profit, comprendez-vous

>>139561856
No it doesn't do that at all because the shops were going to sell them anyway hence why they bought them from the wholesaler

>>139561856
>oh look I used a french word I'm so smart
Don't fall for this Jew's tricks

>>139561670

If the store sells out of water at normal prices, they are still profitting and thus still have an incentive to provide those services.

>>139561506
Bro you lack a basic understanding of economics and why shortages happen, you would rather people die to shortages than to have people make any sort of profit, profit is what will drive private enterprise to bring in the demanded goods

>>139561856
sauf si ces autres vous comprend

>>139560882
Doesn't matter. Price ceilings do nothing but cause shortages. It just makes shit worse because now there's no profit motive to bring in goods.

>so it is legal
Doesn't mean it should be.

>>139560573
No. They are support big corporations over consumers and push their religious bullshit on people.

>>139562027
Just stop, there are hundreds of Jew run charities with truckloads of water en route. Call a Jew a Jew.

>>139561968
I'm not talking about existing suppliers Christ, have you ever studied anything to do with economics you're giving me a fucking headache

>>139538620
why cant americans just drink the water that was brought from the hurricane?
why the fuck would you buy bottled water for

>>139562182
Fucking this I don't understand where all these economically illiterate people are coming from

>>139554181
it's a joke you fucking retard, flood = lots of water

>>139538620
probably owned by a poo in loo

>>139562281
You're getting a headache because your argument is ridiculous and untenable

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>>139542548
>full of niggers

I didn't ask for all the fucking Katrina niggers.

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>>139561670
>retard still defending illegal actions for the sake of profit under the guise of preventing people from hoarding it despite there being other legal methods of preventing hoarding
>retard thinks that even on a free-market level that price-gouging won't lead to resentment and affect stocks
>retard thinks that preventing price-gouging means stores won't restock supplies
>>139562027
You lack the basic understanding of laws and the social contract along with what PR is to a company. From a purely financial perspective it's more beneficial for a company to go out and give free supplies to people and have publicity than it is to price-gouge for profit. Like holy shit, you've meme'd free market so hard you can't even see the bigger picture.

Not once have you addressed that the companies price-gouging are in the wrong and you seem to believe that unless we allow price gouging that stores won't restock. Sorry to tell you but even if they can sell shit 10 times as much a store won't risk their cargo when heading towards a disaster area and neither will trucking companies allow cargo to head towards one. On top of that there's millions of supplies coming in via charities. Want to know what a good move was instead of price-gouging? Pic related. You call other economically illiterate yet you're the retard here lad. You ignore laws in favor of profit and can't see that building a better PR is better than earning extra profit from price-gouging. You think locals are going to buy from a store that was selling shit tens time the price? Fuck no. On top of that it'll spread across social media. Just admit it lad, you're a retard.

>>139562598
Profit motivation and price ceilings causing shortages are two of the most well documented basic economic phenomena there are, I honestly think I'm being trolled at this point

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>>139538620
To be fair, why do people in Houston need water or gasoline? There's water everywhere thanks to the flooding, and the roads are impassable thanks to said flooding.

>>139538620

Thanks for the reminder. Always a good idea to keep that fresh in the mind, especially since all these newfags slithered in from pleb-it,

Obligatory red pills:
The Shrine to German Bashing by Diane King: http://cafe.nfshost.com

>>139562182
nobody fucking care about some obscure economi c theory, don"t steal shit,

>>139562678
> profit is evil
> laws are always right

Get off my board you sub 100 iq retard

>>139538620
Anyone that still believes in Capitalism, just use Yahoo as an example.

>Hire dumb as fuck womyn CEO
>multi million dollar salary
>Buys employees IPADS for no reason
>Throws million dollar parties for no reason
>Tanks the companies stock
>Fire womyn CEO
>Given 70 million dollar severance package for fucking the company up

Justify this capitalism fags.

>>139562182

There will be a shortage regardless during a national disaster. We are just arguing that people shouldn't profit maliciously off the suffering of others.

And yes, if they sell out at normal prices they're still profitting.

>>139561784
Craigslist mostly but you can buy them at hardware stores for about 50 bucks. If you can't afford that, get one of those empty water cooler containers for 20 or just use whatever container you already have. Old milk jugs etc (not for long term storage they break down). Fuck clean the bathtub and fill it up. Either way relying on bottled water AFTER the storm is beyond fucking retarded.

>>139538755
You're ok leaf. We'll save you for last on the day of the rake.

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>>139562638

What's with today?

>>139562730
What shortage is there? If there was a shortage people would just die of thirst

>>139538620
to be fair, if the price was the regular price, the supply would already be gone, and then what would people that need fuel & food do?

>>139538810
Texan here. Arabs and pakis have little collective societies in which they loan each other money, as a group, to buy these stations. Usually it is someone fresh off the boat who applies to be a part of this collective for a percentage of the profits which go to this collective. In my area there are suburbs where all of the streets are named after muslim shit. this is where these collectives live. Their modus operandi is to force the original owners out, with money, and keep maybe one or two of the original "native" staff to make it seem like its still your local, neighborhood shop. You can recognize these shops by thier glass cases selling knives, drug paraphernalia, fidget spinners, incense. They are not American and they will fuck the locals any chance they get. Many of them are involved in insurance and food stamp fraud as well. Don't get me started on Koreans.

>>139542548
>Americans need to die
>mexishits and niggers
>facist meme flag
straight fucking wew lad thats too much edge in one post

>>139562182
Lad, how the fuck are you going to bring supplies to a disaster area? The areas that people who need water the most won't be restocked for fucking weeks. On top of that how are you going to compete with free shit? Millions in supplies coming at this moment. Want to know what won't kill your stocks or image? Limiting supplies to one per person. On top of that the businesses knew what they signed up for when they set up shop in Texas. Also learn what the social contract is. Don't defend jews.
>>139562842
>It's okay to break laws for profit when I don't like them
t. you
Don't like it don't make a business in Texas and we'll all be happier.

>>139538620
>Jews

I don't know many Jews who work at or own a convenience store.

>>139562910
>p-please pay attention to me! my career wasn't over 15 years ago!

>>139541154
There is no such thing as price gouging. Just supply and demand.
If you have a problem with the price of water bottles being sold in Texas then go buy a few cases, drive down there and give it away for free. If you don't do that you support "price gouging"

>>139542431
>socialist economics
That's a nice oxymoron.

>>139562890

I don't see anything on my local craigslist for those drums. I agree that preparations could have been taken to mitigate the risk, but some people may have been to preoccupied with surviving other struggles. Hindsight is 20/20 and citizens of the richest country in the world should not be forced to perish if we can stop it with simple preventive measures like a temporary cap on pricing, which is why price gouging during a national disaster is against the law

>>139563038
> what is profit motivation? Idk but I sure do love the govt

You must be one of those commiefornia transplants

>>139562999
I refuse to buy anything but gas from convenient stores. First it's all over price, $2 for 5oz bag of chips while it's $2.50 for 9oz at Walmart. Second it's just benefiting minorities. They supposedly make little off gas.

>>139562995
It's illegal lad. All you do is tell people to buy 1 of an item per person but with gas it's first come first serve. If you're a business and don't like that price-gouging is illegal then you can go else-where. Price gouging isn't raising prices though, there's a difference.
>>139563290
>I'm so jewish that I will break laws
t. you

Come on lad, defend being a jewish lawbreaking scum that fucks people over to make a quick buck while netting a 250k fine knowing that it's illegal to do so. Pro-tip: MUH FREE MARKET won't defend you in court.

>>139542094
If you have a problem with the price that some stores choose to sell their water at, then buy a plane ticket to Dallas, buy some bottled water there and drive it into the disaster zone and give it away

>>139563485
Pro tip: MUH LOW PRICES won't get anybody to come bring you water besides charity and govt, if you want to be beholden to them 100% be my fucking guest

>>139562864
>shouldn't profit maliciously
They can take all of the water and dump it into the flood water. It's their property. They can refuse to sell at any price. It's their property. Keeping your own property isn't malicious.

>there will be a a shortage
What part of supply and demand do you not understand? If profit margins are high then there's a high incentive to supply the good. Everyone being equally poor is your ideal, I guess.

>>139563671
What low prices? They're making the same profit as they've always done

>>139563761
> because transporting goods to Houston is exactly as costly as it was pre Harvey
amirite

>>139549440
My god

>>139542548
>american brothers
>52%

>>139563561

Why did you ignore my previous post? If they sell out at normal prices, they still profit

>>139563720

I bet you're real fun at parties.

>dump it out
Sure, but where's the profit incentive in that? People are just arguing for a temporary cap, at a rate in which the company still profits and water is distributed fairly during a national disaster.

>shortage
There already is an incentive to sell water at normal prices if they're selling out. Just because they can't sell at 100$ a case doesn't mean there is no incentive to sell at a rate they were already profiting on. Don't forget, this is a national disaster that requires a different response than purely free market

again, you jump to absolutes and strawman. I guess you didn't read all my posts.

>>139563929
Why wouldn't it be? If a lorry can't drive to a shop the shop isn't going to be open

>>139563761
There is a limited supply. They need people from outside the disaster zone to bring more supplies into the disaster zone. If the prices are so high then people will be able to drive cases of water hundreds of miles and still break even.
If you think they should be providing water at their own expense then why aren't you going there right now and bringing supplies into the disaster area on your own dime?

>>139563038
>Lad, how the fuck are you going to bring supplies to a disaster area? The areas that people who need water the most won't be restocked for fucking weeks.
Hence, taking away the profit motive is fucking stupid.

>compete with free shit
Then in the fuck is price-gouging a problem?

>stocks or image
That's up to the owners to decide.

>signed up for
>social contract
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXBCD-bJ5wY

>>139564069
The price they are charging now are normal prices. In a disaster zone where resources are precious, they cost more.

>>139564117
If there's limited supply then people will just die of thirst instead you don't have an argument

>>139564069
> hahaha how the fuck are economics real just magic more shit like you did before at the same profit margin

Put on the commie flag now

>>139563929

>choosing to acknowledge which negative externality to factor in and which not to

They wouldn't normally sell out of all their water in a day. Maybe the increase of profit would outweigh shipping. I don't know their profit margin or gas costs, do you?

>>139542094
do you not see the "limited supply" label?
there's a fucking hurricane going on, that water is probably being guarded by men with guns

>>139564292
Bro Houston is fucked it would take hours by boat to get to parts of it, at least try and be reasonable
>>139564284
What

>>139564284
They will die of thirst. You're right. Unless there is incentive for people outside the disaster area to bring supplies there.
Like I said. If you have a problem with people selling water then you should buy a plane ticket, fly to Texas, get a rental car and start running supplies into the disaster zone. If you aren't willing to do that well I'm not surprised because Commie faggots like you never want to work, you just want to put the burden on everyone else.

>>139564537
>They will die of thirst. You're right. Unless there is incentive for people outside the disaster area to bring supplies there.
No they'll die of thirst regardless because as you've stated there's a limited supply regardless of whether people increase or keep the price the same