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Trump hawks $399 golden sneakers after court-ordered fine (www.dw.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago (1 children)

These are going to sell out regardless of if anyone buys them. This is just a way rich people launder money.

Sell something that costs a minimal amount to make for an outrageous price. They don’t have to worry about whether or not a consumer would buy it because the object is trivial. It’s about legally passing money from one place to another in a way that looks like business.

The same thing happens when you see obvious trash make it onto a ‘best seller’ list.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Like all those terrible political books by candidates which are then bought en mass by super PACs and others to funnel money into the campaign.