Trump's entire 2nd term is about settling scores. He's set up his entire administration to get back at everyone who slighted him in some way over the past few decades, but especially in 2020.
This is what happens when a felon gets to be the president.
Start by eliminating all publicy traded companies from the list, and you've increased the percentage of non douchebag company in your list by quite a bit.
My mom used to this year round, in every weather and temperature (incl. -20C), when I was a kid several decades ago.
Honestly I don't know how she did it, but she did. It helped that we had separated bike lanes pretty much everywhere. It is entirely possible if the infrastructure supports it.
This sort of thing is why I'm personally a big fan of the 15-minute city concept.
The truly luxury Nikes, the ones that cost way more than $100 - $150 are not priced to maximize revenue, however. The evidence is their pricing on secondary markets, which often price them at multiples of the retail price.
The difference between selling every shoe at $150 and selling less than every shoe at $300 (or whatever the secondary market is charging) probably gets tossed around in pricing meetings.
Plus, higher secondary market prices drive demand for the less desirable shoes as everyone can't afford to spend a week's wages on a pair of shoes but can stretch their budget for the still-kind-of-cool models. I'd go so far as to say the secondary market prices drive more demand for the lesser models as the cool kids want to be seen wearing what the rich cool kids are wearing.
I'm sure they spend a lot of time discussing what price they can charge without people openly revolting against their 'predatory pricing' strategies.
I think it's malice masquerading as incompetence. They go after everyone who doesn't look American enough, don't do any checking, and, by the time someone notices, they are already working as slaves for The Glory of El Salvador.
This is smart. Every science research institution in Europe should be doing the same. This is once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take advantage of the own goals the US Government seems to be going for at the moment.
This is what happens when a felon gets to be the president.
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