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If people are willing to pay it, is it really so bad?

Charging what the market will bear is a core capitalist principle and seems like good business to me.

And if the tourists are from colonizer countries it's even good karma.

So is that okay at your grocery store, with your public utility, with employment, with buying a car, etc? I would prefer a system with equal charges for everyone, that is inherently not discriminatory

Adding reply since I’m rate limited: I understand the “reality” with things like cars, but I’m asking if that’s what you want. A society where everything requires constant negotiation is not just exhausting but leaves lots of room for discrimination. Also regarding public utilities - I believe California recently proposed discriminatory pricing for utilities.

Grocery stores have coupons and customer discounts, employees can make different wages doing the same job, and car dealers absolutely give deals to some clients that they won't give to others. Public utilities are an exception, and that's specifically because they're government regulated.

But we're discussing commerce here and in commerce, prices are rarely the same for everyone.

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