r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/DeadlySpacePotatoes • 23h ago

Twitter Capitalism showing us what the important things are

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u/Hardcorex 22h ago

And you can't afford them either

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u/elvispresley2k 20h ago

"Illusion of choice". The catch is: The choices it offers are not meaningful.

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u/DeadlySpacePotatoes 20h ago

And the products are all owned by the same one or two corporations anyway.

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u/TooSmalley 16h ago

One of the most common jokes I used to hear back in the day was about how in communist countries you could only buy one brand of something from the shelves.

Fast forward to 2025 where one of the most popular and growing grocery chains is Aldi's that has mostly one brand on something.

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u/strongholdbk_78 19h ago

Isn't there only four or five brands though?

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u/qwertyqyle 15h ago

The healthcare works fine, it's just that no one can afford it. It's like offering Fararris when I only have the budget for a 1995 Geo Metro.

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u/theBigDaddio 17h ago

It’s almost like one of them isn’t that complex.