But what about prohibition era gangsters smuggling guns cigarettes and liquor? How will we fight that scourge?

I understand. What’s wrong with farmers making a profit?

So let’s make ANY chance of profit, what, illegal?

How about we don’t base policy on propaganda cartoona

A profit?

Yeah farmers shouldnt profit, they’re our food slaves!

Unless they can make it also kill an animal, I ain’t interested. The suffering is necessary for the flavor.

it’s fine but it ain’t no cheezburger

I’m not eating Soylent so you can reduce carbon emissions. why don’t you put some restrictions on breeding?

The answer is economy of scale, the collapse of the American manufacturing industry, bloated budgets, especially brand/marketing budgets, and the prices set by OEM manufacturers who themselves have bloated budgets. A lot of these brands arent actually manufacturers but middlemen for manufacturers. They do design, service, marketing and maybe assembly. But manufacturing is primarily done overseas. If it’s manufactured domestically the labor and material costs are commensurate. Maybe the frame is made domestically, maybe not.

A perfectly decent bicycle is less than $100 in China.

I came to Lemy for LESS moderation and MORE free speech. Nimby.