+59 The only reason grocery stores run out of essential items is because people are afraid that grocery stores will run out of essential items. amirite?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Sounds like the stock market. If everyone thinks it will crash, it crashes.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

That's true!

by Anonymous 4 years ago

imma bout to crash the stock market vroom vroom 🥴

by Anonymous 4 years ago

The University of Soviet Socialist Republics would like to teach you the proper organisation of a famine

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Just ship all the food north?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Catch 22.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Tragedy of the commons.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

That's not what that means. Or at best a very big stretch.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Not just that, but also because of supply line disruptions.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Don't forget that any attempt to raise prices in response to demand surges (which any econ textbook will tell you is the quickest way to slow the surge and get others to reallocate resources) gets you screamed at for "price gouging".

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Business is booming ~walmart

by Anonymous 4 years ago

This is essentially Inception, yes? Yes.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

No

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Essentially.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

That and socialism.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

what if they weren't afraid?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

People are afraid that the store will run out of items, so they stock up on the items. Thus, the store runs out of items. Self-fulfilling prophecy. What if they (everyone) weren't afraid? Then the stores wouldn't run out of items.

by Anonymous 4 years ago