CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldM to Denver Post Comment Section@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLetters: Don’t buy into “greedflation” — companies raising prices because they canwww.denverpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkLetters: Don’t buy into “greedflation” — companies raising prices because they canwww.denverpost.comCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldM to Denver Post Comment Section@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 year agoThe headline is confusing. I thought that it was saying that “greedflation” is a myth that the readers should not “buy” as in “beleieve.” Instead, it means that consumers should not “buy” products because it reinforces and valudates greedflation. Maybe I was the only one confused by that, but I figured I would share.
minus-squareDabundis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoI shared that same confusion. “Buy into” is a pretty common way to say “believe”
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAnd then the next half seems like a reason not to believe that greedflation exists, but it is just a defition of greedflation.
The headline is confusing. I thought that it was saying that “greedflation” is a myth that the readers should not “buy” as in “beleieve.”
Instead, it means that consumers should not “buy” products because it reinforces and valudates greedflation.
Maybe I was the only one confused by that, but I figured I would share.
I shared that same confusion. “Buy into” is a pretty common way to say “believe”
And then the next half seems like a reason not to believe that greedflation exists, but it is just a defition of greedflation.