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Cake day: August 16th, 2023

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  • We’re in this situation because people don’t vote.

    All other forms of political activism, aside from murder, exist to convince people to vote.

    Activism without voting is worthless.

    You want more progressive candidates? Vote for Democrats until Republicans are forced to move to the left, and then Democrats will be able to move to the left as well.

    That’s how the Overton window works.




  • icydefiance@lemm.eetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldContext
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    3 months ago

    Lmao no it isn’t. It’s completely insignificant and barely even qualifies as news.

    The US Dollar is strong because we have the largest economy in the world, not because of the good will of some oil exporter.

    At least google things before spreading insane misinformation.









  • icydefiance@lemm.eetoADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comNothing but truth
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    5 months ago

    MAP (minimum advertised price) is often different from MSRP, but otherwise this comment is correct.

    In some industries, like RVs or auto parts, the vast majority of products have a MAP. The manufacturers also have bots that scan the internet for MAP violations, and they’ll blacklist a vendor if they don’t fix the price within a day or two. (Which is really annoying when there’s a false positive and I get blamed for it.)

    I think it’s partly so high volume vendors can’t put smaller vendors out of business by just reducing their margins as much as possible, and it’s partly because the manufacturer doesn’t want their products to look like they’re really cheap. Customers feel better about finding a “great deal” on an “expensive” product.