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Energy companies be like:

  • We need to ensure we price to stay in business, the profit margin is so thin
  • We are going to see a record profit, shareholders!

These companies are criminals and should be in prison for crimes against humanity

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[–] abhibeckert 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Energy companies be like:

  • We need to ensure we price to stay in business, the profit margin is so thin
  • We are going to see a record profit, shareholders!

And the ACCC be like:

  • Show us your revenue and expenses then

-adding a line of text because lemmy's markdown formatter sucks

These companies are criminals and should be in prison for crimes against humanity

I dunno about "crimes against humanity". But simple price gouging has been a good enough excuse for the ACCC put people in prison as recently as last year, so it's surely being considered in this case.