Corporations are a lot more willing than usual to raise their prices lately, and it’s putting more of the burden of high inflation on consumers.
That may not come as much of a surprise to anyone who has browsed a grocery aisle, kicked the tires at a car dealership or filled up a gas tank of late, but even the Bank of Canada is starting to take notice of the trend, as the central bank continues its battle to wrestle inflation into submission.
Speaking to a parliamentary committee in Ottawa this week, the bank’s governor, Tiff Macklem, told lawmakers that the bank has noticed a troubling new trend coming out of the corporate sector.
For much of the past few decades, any time businesses have seen a jump in their input costs — the amount they pay for things like raw materials, energy and even workers — “they were pretty cautious about passing on [that cost into] the prices they charged for goods and services,” Macklem said.
Their reasoning was simple: they were afraid of losing customers.
The sheep can’t hear you over the sound of munching grass. The cattle have no care for what their bells say.
You show me how to eradicate wilful ignorance and deliberate belligerence and I’ll show you a functional society.
It might as well be a broken translator.
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You can lead a troglodyte to knowledge but you can’t make them think.
I dunno, your doom and gloom shit is pretty old
You can think theres no hope if you like, but kindly shut the fuck up about it if youre not interested in trying to fix things.
Ignoring reality won’t make you smarter.
No one is ignoring reality.
You can acknowledge shits fucked without falling into dispair about how utterly pointless and unfixable it is.
Its not unfixable.
I dont give a shit if youve got depression dude, get a therapist or meds. The world isnt over, and your doom and gloom bullshit isnt helping improve the situation.
You’re the one having a teary over people being ignorant. I’m just pointing out reality. If reality hurts your fefe’s so much maybe you are better off without it. Maybe don’t project your depression and impotency on others.
Youre literally throwing a piss party, and getting upset at being told to quit pissing yourself in public.
You arent pointing out reality, youre acting like a loser who just got dumped
We’ve already determined the value of your considerations.
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Of course you miss the point. Thanks for being the perfect example.
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Flies prefer vinegar, thanks for being the perfect example of both the wilful ignorance and deliberate belligerence I was talking about. You couldn’t have performed your role any better.
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You didn’t have to unless you’re also ignorant of the saying you were paraphrasing. Three times in a row? You’re outperforming my expectations.
My translator doesn’t have the “pompous cliché” language pack installed so I’m afraid idk what you said there.
I’m sure you hold that wilful ignorance in high regard.
Likewise with your disdain for us normies. Have a fulfilling day :)
If normies are wilfully ignorant and intentionally belligerent, then yes. Anyone with an iota of cognizance would have disdain for that. But don’t cry about being what you are, if you don’t like it be different.
You can argue about willful and intentional. Political corruption gives evil people a means with which to undermine education. Not a hard concept.
Lack of education undermines democracy, wilful ignorance undermines personal intelligence, deliberate belligerence undermines communication.
Ones own ignorance can be eliminated by their own actions alone.
To remain uneducated is to hate democracy.