• eskimofry@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7010·
    2 years ago

    Another convenient excuse for the hand of the free market to limit supply and jack up prices even further…

    • maniacal_gaff@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5016·
      2 years ago

      I mean, if buttholes are shooting missiles at boats, I think we’re beyond “convenient excuses.” Do you want to captain a ship through there by chance?

      • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
        342·
        2 years ago

        Any legitimate situation will be taken to gouge prices far beyond their actual additional costs. So yes, it is a convenient excuse.

        • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          This is the truth. We’re now in a place where prices only ratchet up… All they need is a global event, and like beats of a drum, all of the megacorps raise prices in sync

          No collusion, no competition, only prices go up

          • Lols [they/them]@lemm.eeEnglish
            64·
            2 years ago

            sounds like they need to put some pep in their step stopping the ongoing genocide then

              • Lols [they/them]@lemm.eeEnglish
                61·
                2 years ago

                man i wish there were some way to test that theory

                maybe we could do sort of a ‘stopping the ongoing genocide’ test run, see how they respond

                and then keep it going indefinitely because genocide is bad

              • sudo@programming.devEnglish
                42·
                2 years ago

                They flew in with a Palestinian flag on their helicopter. Their own flag say’s death to Israel and America; the nations doing the genocide and sponsoring the genocide. And all of this is after they just survived a genocide at the hands of the Saudi’s with US bombs and went on to win the war.

                Maybe, just maybe, they mean what they say.

              • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
                56·
                2 years ago

                Why would they attack international shipping if not to stop genocide?

                There is no reason for them to do this aside from being the only people with enough morals to step up against Genocide Joe.

                  • sudo@programming.devEnglish
                    41·
                    2 years ago
                    • Yemen: I’m blockading the Red Sea to stop the genocide in Gaza.
                    • US: Iran, please tell Yemen to stop.
                    • Iran: lol no, this is righteous.

                    Somehow this makes them Iran’s puppets. Oh well, guess we’ll have to do “Operation Enduring Freedom part 2: Prosperity Guardian”. Can’t just tell Bibi to stop.

                  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
                    43·
                    2 years ago

                    The ships have already received warnings not to pass through and they decide to ignore them.

                    Also there are tunnels and a command center beneath the ships so Yemen has the right to defend themselves.

                  • Lols [they/them]@lemm.eeEnglish
                    1·
                    2 years ago

                    “a naval blockade without weapons”, also known as ‘asking nicely to pwease stop’

        • Murvel@lemm.eeEnglish
          189·
          2 years ago

          They’re firing fucking rockets at them, isn’t that bad enough?