Spot on. People tend to ascribe flaws and malice to capitalism when in reality it’s just a feature of human nature.
Capitalism simply holds up a mirror to what you, group of people, communities and nations actually want.
Exploitation and greed are intrinsic to the human condition. Socialism doesn’t ameliorate that.
Had to ise the garage closest to home this morning to fill with diesel as was running late, really grates on me because they’re charging 30p a litre more for diesel than they are petrol, everywhere else is around 20p. Absolutely scamming cunts.
Don’t know what changed (more diesel cars, now?), but diesel was always cheaper than petrol.
Is diesel more heavily taxed for being a dirtier fuel now?
I’ve just bought a new car and the unleaded is very noticeably cheaper to fill up with
I haven’t sat down and really domentue maths but I’m doing roughly 20k miles a year at the current prices petrol must be near the same in economy as diesel these days.
Went to LIDL a couple days back to buy some protein puddings that cost 89p. Fucking £1.09!!!
I couldn’t believe my eyes I wanted to be sick.
I buy bagel thins, used to be £1.35 they’re somehow no less than £1.75 now wherever I go.
Everything is just much more expensive.
Yeah and those prices will likely never come down again either
Do prices ever drastically go down again after a period of steep inflation?!
Yeah so the argument that wages shouldn’t be going up bugs me because I’m not in a position where all of the money I earn doesn’t get me as far as it used to.
They’re talking about increasing taxes (and I promise income tax and council tax will go up) on top of the rising cost of living and the fact I didn’t even get a pay increase the year gone…
Where does that leave us?
If I earned £100 a week last year it feels like that £100 a week is now worth about £70 that’s how bad it feels to my pickets right now.
I earn good money and I’m blessed to be in that position but even if I’m struggling a little to deal with the rising cost of everything. A weekly shop is just much much more expensive for every item I pick up.
And my wages won’t go up in April either
Butter is the one for me, used to be £1.40 for a 250g block, is now £2.50 a pop, which when you buy it buy the case of 40 and go through two boxes a week. That’s just on one product line and an extra £320 a month before you even touch the cost of energy.
Currently doing some consulting work and we’ve forecast our energy bills to hit £160k October to October, from £40k!!!
Prices go up, wages go up, it hardly ever goes down. Once inflation reaches ridiculous heights, a currency reset is done (when 1 dollar is worth say 1000 euros).
98 quid to fill up diesel yesterday. Wasnt even a completely empty tank at the time I filled up.
Ridiculous.
The fuck up the road is upto 198.9 currently, sainsbury in town is 182.9. How the fuck is that even allowed.
80ltr tank is a killer.
Well done to the workers 
Nurses now I’m reading. 2 days of strikes in the run up to Christmas
I bought a new car this month, unleaded. The difference in cost of commute is almost £30 a week. Insane.
That is some saving.
What did you have before, a tractor? 
