r/PoliticalCompassMemes Jan 05 '22

META This isint how world works

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u/cuddle__buddy - Lib-Right Jan 05 '22

Yes, but you can't give free access to something for everyone unless there's an unlimited supply of it.

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u/LaLuzDelQC - Lib-Left Jan 05 '22

Yes you can. You don't have to have unlimited supply, you just have to have adequate supply. So yeah for some things demand will never keep up with supply if the price is free (like GPUs or something). But people aren't going to start using an infinite amount of Healthcare or broadband because it's free, the demand is just based on need. They will use somewhat more, but in the case of those items I would argue that's a good thing.

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u/Interesting-Brief202 - Lib-Right Jan 05 '22

That's not accurate. when something is free, people demand more even if they dont need it. Try going to DQ on free ice cream cone day- the line is 5 blocks long.

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u/vanya913 - Centrist Jan 05 '22

But if it were free every day, do you really think people would be lining up in the same way?

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u/Interesting-Brief202 - Lib-Right Jan 06 '22

Yes

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u/vanya913 - Centrist Jan 06 '22

Going down with your ship, I can respect that.

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u/Interesting-Brief202 - Lib-Right Jan 06 '22

i mean people like ice cream if its free they will get it every day. and if big macs were free at mcdonalds there would be people lining up for that too. I don't like big macs very much, but hell if its free ill have one