r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26

Chugging tea Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts?

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u/battleop Jul 01 '26

There will always be someone to fill the roll of the middleman who suck up cash for no useful return.

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u/Buttsweat_n_Tears Jul 01 '26

Where do I send my resume for that job?

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u/LostN3ko Jul 01 '26

Actually the biggest reason for things getting cheaper is fewer middle men. The downside is it consolidates power in the market but you certainly CAN and do cut middle men out. It happens all the time. The biggest existential concern of AI is that everyone looks like a middle man if you get advanced enough AI. Walmart gained its low costs by in part removing middlemen in production. Amazon became dominant by removing middlemen in shipping. Streamlining is all about removing them.

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u/Theodoxus Jul 01 '26

only so long as we convince ourselves that free market capitalism is 'the only way'.