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Factual btw (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 35 points 11 months ago (11 children)

No they wouldn't. Final consumer cost is based on what people WILL pay not what they WANT to pay. At the end of the day the overarching goal of capitalism is for 99% of the population to spend 100% of their earnings. You can't funnel all wealth to the 1% if the 99% are holding on to it.

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  • [–] 26 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    So you’re telling me if I found a way reach all my fellow power company customers we could strike and lower our power rates?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    In the short term, yes. The money you've saved is now considered "disposable income" and will be absorbed by the next person in line.

    If a paycheck could make you wealthy, no one would give you a paycheck. A retirement account CAN make you wealthy but only after the machine has squeezed 40+ years out of you. But one way or another that money is leaving your hands and flowing back into the system.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Yes. BUT there are certain ways a government can help its citizens (and itself in most cases) by allowing them to be self sufficient that has nothing to do with electric companies or monopolies at all. The subsidies for solar panels were a great example of this. Depending on your personal needs, you could generate enough power to take yourself off the grid, and the government invested in your panels by way of those subsidies. In many cases the extra electricity from the panels that you don't use can go back into a grid to be used by someone else. Theoretically helping you and the government. There are, of course some issues with the system but speaking from experience it can absolutely work and work wonderfully.

    Unfortunately Trump (of course) has killed these subsidies so that will not be a thing as of new years 2026.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Ok, sure. There are theoretical and convoluted ways to disconnect from the electric grid. You're still buying solar panels. Your out of pocket costs don't change. The river of money still flows into and out of your life. It's called currency for a reason. The whole system is designed to stop you from keeping your money.

    The dark secret about money is that it only works when there's isn't enough for everyone. Despite what politicians want you to believe, you are SUPPOSED to live paycheck to paycheck- at least under a western capitalist economy. This is why poor people are both the most valuable citizens, and easiest to control. It's slavery with more steps.

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