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5 days ago by The Picard Maneuver to c/whitepeopletwitter

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IndignantIguana 48 points 5 days ago

So now we're complaining about the enshittification of everything driven by the need to maximize profit in a capitalist system and blaming it on our grandparents? More divisive intergenerational warfare bullshit. If you want to find who to blame for this shit look at the capitalists demanding more and more profit from airlines, manufacturers, literally every part of the economy. It always comes down to class war.

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Earthwormjim91 11 points 5 days ago

Is this really enshittification?

Prior to the deregulation of the airlines under Carter, the federal government fixed all domestic airfares. Airlines could not compete against each other on price and could only compete on perks. Flying was insanely expensive. NY to LA was $820 in today's dollars and you couldn't just shop around airlines for a better price, while you can get the same flight for less than $240 now.

It's not like flying got shittier while also getting more expensive. Flying is cheaper than it ever has been. The perks went down, sure. But so did the price. By a LOT.

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BradleyUffner 7 points 5 days ago

Not really disagreeing with you, but I was curious if that $240 includes all the crazy fees they tack on now.

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Earthwormjim91 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah that is all in, fare, fees, and taxes. Flying is dirt cheap lol.

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jtrek 3 points 5 days ago

I feel like it should be expensive because of the externalized costs , but I don't have any real data for that

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kestrel7_7 8 points 5 days ago

They call them “externalized costs” specifically because they can ignore them. Things like pollution don’t cost a firm money in a measurable way unless they’re carbon taxed or something like that.

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