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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoLol. That said, there are multiple companies involved in producing that tap water. So somebody is profiting from that glass of water, it’s just a lot less than the bottled stuff.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orgBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI don’t think we are quite there yet… water is generally municipal.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoRight, but there will be contractors and whatnot involved in the process, and there is certainly commercial equipment used in the process.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orgBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agothat’s how mixed market economies work, yes
Lol. That said, there are multiple companies involved in producing that tap water. So somebody is profiting from that glass of water, it’s just a lot less than the bottled stuff.
I don’t think we are quite there yet… water is generally municipal.
Right, but there will be contractors and whatnot involved in the process, and there is certainly commercial equipment used in the process.
that’s how mixed market economies work, yes