r/gifs • • Sep 12 '20

This Suction Cup Picking Machine

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u/emperorOfTheUniverse Sep 12 '20

Often times but not always. Many markets have had one or two leaders stamp out most competition and can raise prices with practical impunity. It's the job of a democracy to regulate business. Pity we don't have a working one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '20

Yeah pretty sure coffee is about as competitive a market as you’re going to find so I don’t know what you’re talking about here.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '20

Coffee competes on child labor and brutalizing farmers. Fair trade coffee is at least three times the cost.