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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Yes, yes it is.   


Shit tons of products are not sold, marketed to, or expected to be bought by about the bottom 70% of people in the economy. The vast, VAST majority of the shit sold in the US (that's not food or gas), is sold to the top 20-30%... and because that's the case, many companies are *perfectly fine* pricing out the lower end of the economy.   


When the top 10% of the income earners own 98% of the wealth, that bottom 90%--can the *ignored* for capitalist systems. Now, it's not always the top 10%--but the top 30% or so is where it makes the difference...   


The sellers know, their *can price out the poor* (70% or so of people), and not REALLY feel it--and that's because of the radical and uneven distribution of wealth. They can make more, targeting and building to the higher end... and prices reflect that. Change reflects that.   


If you look at it in the perspective of JUST automakers. The average age of a car buyer is 58 fucking years old. They have the wealth--so they're targeted. Big ass fucking screens with navigation, power everything, just stupid fucking expensive shit all over the car, lane assist, etc etc--because those older people hold the wealth and want that---so the same model of car in the 90's that would have been sub 10k, is now not *double* like inflation would suggest, it's *6 times more.* All of it because wealth distribution is *fucked royally.*
gpt
Guy you replied to spends a lot of time in other subreddits referring to anyone he disagrees with as a "liberal" I'm sure while swigging a bud lite. He ain't gonna listen unfortunately.