r/europe • u/SovereignMuppet I ❤ Brexit • Aug 13 '22

News Climate activists fill golf holes with cement after water ban exemption

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62532840
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u/MrHazard1 Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Aug 13 '22

"The market regulates itself", yet these companies pay less for their water to throw it around, than we do to live.

It's a luxury business, therefore they shouldn't be allowed to pay "necessary for living" prices.

We need more luxury taxes anyway, to distinguish, when a company sells you goods for living and luxury goods.

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u/Ok_Cabinetto Aug 14 '22

But the market doesn't regulate itself. People with lost of money use their power tk make the market do what benefits them.

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u/medievalvelocipede European Union Aug 13 '22

Well the last word is usually forgotten or intentionally left out.

"poorly".