c/funny · by cm0002@mander.xyz · 33dWho said free markets can't deliver for the consumer 229 points · 31 comments · view on lemmy.world
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20cello@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 33d
You know something is wrong when the drug dealers are more honest than the ruling class
Elting@piefed.social · 48 pts · 33d
Well, when you can't use the law to rig the competition, you have to remain competitive.
argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org · 4 pts · 33d
@Elting
Yeah, whenever a so-called capitalist talks about building a moat, it's like, that is the opposite of capitalism.
@20cello
nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf · 34 pts · 33d
No source — discarding data.
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 24 pts · 33d
But the Y axis says that they're almost at 150% purity. And down to almost $80/kilo
tdawg@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 33d
150% of the baseline
huppakee@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 33d
This graph is great at showing a selective part of reality. Free market thinking and capitalism tend to do well on those.
BeUnique@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 33d
Finally some uplifting news 😁
probable_possum@leminal.space · 7 pts · 33d
So. Supply is bigger than in 2014? I don't think demand is in decline.
So drug trafficking gangs found better ways to move their product into the target countries.
Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 33d
Much bigger supply, higher quality, lower prices.
Basically they just produce way more than before.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 33d
How can purity go above 100? Is this concentrated cocaine? Supposed to water it down first or something?
Bademantel@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 33d
100 is the relative purity and price in 2014.
Would like to see absolute numbers.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 33d
It has become... 40%... purer in..... 2024
In ten years between be 2014 and 2024, average(?) cocaine purity in(?) Europe got 40% more pure.
Is this... 🫴 🦋 Puritan culture?
Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 33d
In the past decade or two, it has increased from 30-50% to 70-80%. Plenty of sources on this.
https://mixmag.net/read/cocaine-deaths-higher-than-ever-ultra-strength-purity-floods-uk-market-news/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cocaine-drugs-uk-deaths-police-south-america-b2975580.html?hl=en-GB
https://www.substancemisuseresources.co.uk/latest/uk-cocaine-deaths-reach-record-high-as-street-purity-more-than-doubles?hl=en-GB#%3A%7E%3Atext=have+dropped+to+record+lows+because+of%2Ctsar+and+is+now+the+chief+execu
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 33d
This is a relative scale. 100 being the baseline.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 33d
So a random sample will contain 1.4 times as much coke, for 80% of the cost.
slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 33d
Not one random sample but the average of all samples.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 33d
The random sample collectively.
frank@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 33d
Presumably 40% less non-coke inclusion. So if before it was 90% coke and 10% cut, it'd be 94/6
Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 33d
Specifically from around 40-50% to 70-80%.
It's impossible to get more than roughly 85-90% purity as that's the purity they export.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 33d
That makes a lot more sense. Or the quality was originally absolutely terrible.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 33d
My coke has more coke!
argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org · 4 pts · 33d
@SCmSTR
That's 40% more coke per coke!
@Tar_alcaran
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 33d
What... Is your instance name
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 33d
It clearly says 2014=100. Ergo a value of 160 is 3222.4 on the purity scale. You're going to need a lot of water.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 33d
For our purposes, 140 will do fine.
Abrinoxus@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 33d
Imagine if the market was that free for consumer goods
DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 33d
And Americans just get theirs cut with Fentanyl!
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 33d
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 32d
I've paid 50 euros per gram (currently 86% pure) for at least the past 10 years.
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 32d
We need to introduce some socialism to that market. Like, we need to seize the means of production
kubofhromoslav@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 32d
Economies of scale? 🤔