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# Bodhi Shane Melnitzer Speaking for myself, greed can be a force for...

*July 4, 2022 — Comment Archer T. Ships replied to Bodhi Shane Melnitzer's comment.*

Bodhi Shane Melnitzer Speaking for myself, greed can be a force for good or evil.  But whatever one thinks of the ethics of greedy behavior, it's a constant force.  Is it plausible to assume that businessfolk are any _less_ greedy in the past than they are now?  Were they altruists five years ago?  Seems unlikely.   If greedy business people could've raised the price in the past, then they would've done so.  So the fact that prices have risen now means that factors other than greed (Russian oil embargoes, pent up Covid demand, ramp up time for oil refineries, inflation) are driving the price up.