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erronis

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2. I have to wonder if their whiz-kids have factored in the loss of customers for products

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 26, 2025, 03:02 PM

Oct 26

into the mega-corp profits.

If there are only 10% of customers able to buy any new car, won't that have an impact on the manufacturers? Admittedly, those 10% can probably buy cars with a price of twice (or more) but the math seems strange.

People are just being totally priced out of any housing - purchase, rental - so those $s aren't flowing to the landlords and RE industry.

Hard to see the financial goals with only super-rich living on this planet.

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The worth of everyday Americans [View all] applegrove Oct 26 OP

Soon they won't need so many people markodochartaigh Oct 26 #1

I have to wonder if their whiz-kids have factored in the loss of customers for products erronis Oct 26 #2

Yes, it is like markodochartaigh Oct 26 #4

And it will be a blood sport all the way down. People like trump and musk, thiel, mercer, etc. erronis Oct 26 #5

His fellow car manufacturers were so furious they sued Ford: Dodge v. Ford Motor Co., 1919, Michigan Supreme Court sop Oct 26 #9

Excellent link! markodochartaigh Oct 26 #11

TY. I think of that a lot. nt Cha Oct 26 #7

They may figure that they don't need us to buy their cheap crap any more. Irish_Dem Oct 26 #8

Their solution is to kill them. Watch. live love laugh Oct 27 #14

And just to let us die off. markodochartaigh Oct 27 #15

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Oct 26 #3

Well Said.. TY! nt Cha Oct 26 #6

They have reset the dial back to how things were BEFORE Roosevelt's New Deal FakeNoose Oct 26 #10

Returning us to the Gilded Age. Wednesdays Oct 26 #12

We are not human beings to them. We are just another 'natural resource' they mine for their own wealth & power Attilatheblond Oct 27 #13

The rich are not as important as they like to believe Torchlight Oct 27 #16

They're champing at the bit Stacey Grove Oct 27 #17

This cannot go on. cer7711 Oct 27 #18