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  2023 ... hold my beer
context: Wait for the next headline of "record profits for food sellers in 2022 amid drought and war" >
  
  Corporations that weren't greedy before suddenly got greedy. That is what happened. Yes, obviously nothing to do with the money printed by the clowns you voted for. Maybe a few more "inflation reduction acts" will fix the problem, who knows. >
  
  Like that excuses price gouging? >
  
  So all these competing food producers, transportation companies, and retailers got in a smoke-filled back room, set aside their differences, and decided to raise the price of everything? Promising not to undercut each other, just so they can make you pay 4x what you had to for eggs?
  Nice conspiracy theory.
  No, you're paying what you, and other people are willing to pay for stuff. If that was "too much", somebody would make a lot of money selling it cheaper, until it wasn't "too much" anymore. Since nobody's selling eggs at 2020 prices, you have to accept that there are only so many eggs to go around, more money is chasing them, and it's not profitable to produce and sell them for less, because everything that goes into it is also more expensive. >
  
  
  people don't have other options
  
  They do. Walmart may account for \~50% of grocery retail in some areas but that's far from not having competition. >
  
  ...but they told me it was Trudeau's fault. >
  
  Trudeau’s fault. Biden’s fault. The fault of The Blacks, The Muslims, The Gays, The Jews.
  But you wanna know who’s innocent…OUR FRIENDS, THE SHAREHOLDERS! 
  /s >
  
  Okay good, I thought you were attacking the shareholders.  I’m happy to see you’re giving them much needed support.  For the rest of you, you leave the investor class alone!!! They are a protected class along with the much maligned donor class.  And let’s not forget the corporate class that relies on government subsidies to survive. >
  
  Investor class united! By money! >
  
  It’s not just food. I went to a Lowes the other day for the first time in a couple years and was walking around just marveling at how expensive EVERYTHING was. >
  
  Same but with Home Depot in my area. I've been in the same industry for almost two decades and the same company for 11. I've also earned more money every year since I entered the workforce in 2001. Until 2020. I haven't had a raise in three years now, and it's starting to show. I was actually pretty comfortable until the last 6 months or so. The writing is on the wall for me. Our competitors are paying less than what I make. Most of my colleagues make less than what I make.
  Because of "inflation" I currently earn the equivalent of what I earned about 10 years ago. Can't get a raise. So, obviously I either have to cut expenses somewhere or move, because my medium size city doesn't have much to offer and I don't have any experience doing online/remote work. Shit's getting "expensive" everywhere, I say to my wife. Then she reminds me that those are just the normal, low prices for everything. She works at Dillard's, where people are still buying $200 pants, $100 shirts, and $20 pairs of socks all day long. >
  
  No, it’s corporate greed. >
  
  Global food prices in 2022 hit a record high amid drought and war and greed
  FTFY >
  
  Yep, news trying to push out ideas of artificial high prices >
  
  Record high so far.
  Climate change is just getting started in terms of disrputing our ability to produce food. >
  
  Just wait until there's no more fish to fish. Wew. >
  
  Just wait until there's no more clean water to drink >
  
  'Amid record corporate profits'.
  Fixed that for you.
  The media is complicit in the corporate fuckery.