Another product on the Walmart site that spiked in price was a left-handed fishing reel. It rose from $57.37 to $83.26 from April to May, a jump of 45 percent, with a post on Reddit showing the two price stickers. Aisle Gopher’s price history says that the price of the reel was $51.12 on March 14.
Another Reddit post showed an increase in the price of cocoa powder from $3.44 in May 2024 to $6.18 in April 2025.
Important to note here that Donald lied repeatedly and vociferously that tariffs would not lead to price increases. (Getting this in before people come here to blame the voters.)
He has lied repeatedly and vociferously his whole life, and anyone with critical thinking capacity knows/has known that. There is a lot to blame for this situation, Trump voters and all non-voters should not be immune from accepting their share of it.
“Critical thinking”? What is that? Let me just ask Gemini…
The fundamental problem with American politics is that you’ve got a party of callous, narcissistic far-right lunatics slavishly loyal to Capital that only knows how to lie, cheat, and be corrupt as all get out while the news media endlessly runs cover and gaslights the country into believing they’re actually quite moderate and reasonable.
And then you’ve got the Republican Party coming in to replace them and make everything worse.
This isn’t a problem of “Critical Thinking”. This is a problem of the Bastions of Liberalism electing Gavin Newsom as Governor of the West Coast and Eric Adams as Mayor of the East Coast. And these are your top picks for President in 2028. Meanwhile, the furthest left-wing voices in the party are so utterly buck-broken that they can’t admit they’ve once again kicked several billion dollars towards genocide. The moderate liberals in the purple states are vetoing wildly popular legislation that kinda-sorta prohibits price gouging in rental unit markets. The party leadership fully embraces cryptocurrency as a rich vein of fundraising cash. The conservative wing of the Ds is full on TERF
Think critically about the current state of the American political establishment and what you realize is that you’re boxed in. Everyone of note is bought and paid for. The population is fully gaslit by a consent manufacturing machine running on overdrive. The best case scenario for someone of liberal disposition is that the government simply ignores you. The worst case is that gestapo punch through your door and drag you to an overseas prison to be tortured to death.
Republicans are frothing at the mouth for more, more, more. Democrats only know how to shrug, pocket more donor money, and tell you that Biden would have fixed everything if you’d just voted for him.
That’s why a total Revolution is the only actual solution. If the Democrats wanted to try reform they would be acting completely different. They foreclose that possibility
That’s why a total Revolution is the only actual solution.
Total Revolution is difficult and requires a very active, committed group of supporters acting both within and outside the administration. Absolutely something you want to aim for, but often the product of generations of struggle.
You could, for instance, argue that the current Trump/DOGE government is a kind of (counter-)revolution that is finally overturning the Progressive Era of liberal democratic government. But this was a project that played out over decades, with each new wave of outsiders agitating and being rebuffed and regrouping to try again, while moderates on the inside cleared more and more space for radicals to infiltrate and overturn the New Deal and the Warren Court.
If the Democrats wanted to try reform they would be acting completely different.
The deeply unsettling and grisly truth is that Democrats are as much a part of the Trump/DOGE government as the Republicans. Liberals demand a return to Clinton-Era governance and Chuck Schumer responds by posting taco memes while complaining about Trump being weak on Iran. They have been as much a force in moving our country towards fascism as the Republicans, through constantly splitting and vilifying the progressive opposition while holding out deceitful promises of reforms they never planned to implement.
Like, we’re in the midst of a Revolution. It’s just not the kind folks on this site want.
and anyone with critical thinking capacity knows/has known that
I’d love to see this same perspective voiced with equal indignation when Joe Biden campaigns with black people and pledges support for BLM, but then doubles down on militarizing the police once elected. (Among other outright lies.)
Trump voters and all non-voters should not be immune from accepting their share of it.
Absolutely not. If you want people to vote for you, you have to give them something to vote for. Despite knowing the deep unpopularity of Biden’s presidency and campaign, the Democrats crowned a weak candidate (wait no, two weak candidates really) who promised to change nothing about it. If we’re being reasonable here, one has to credit Democrats’ outright stupidity and obstinance in the face of a base demanding real change.
Joe Biden’s left testicle could be removed from his body, and it would run a better presidential term than trump
And this doesn’t mean Biden is a nice guy or represents something good, it’s just the less terrible option
Joe Biden was a genocide monster. The problem is that the entire Overton window of politicians the system will actually let get elected in America is composed entirely of genocidal monsters
It would be the first leftist in the Oval Office since FDR.
While it was a lie. I don’t think he thought he was lying because he literally doesn’t understand 5th grade math.
I think a narcissist like Donald honestly never thinks he’s lying, but you make a solid point.
Is it not the voters fault though?
No, it’s not.
It’s the fault of the Democrats, who had an abundance of information about the unpopularity of Biden and his presidency, and then made a series of awful decisions about the presidential campaign, not the least of which being nominating a weak candidate who prioritized Biden’s ego over appealing to voters.
You also cannot tell voters who’ve been getting poorer while you’ve ruled that you won’t change anything, and definitely shouldn’t tell them to be joyful about it.
Wow. You’re in the same Olympics as the Republicans with these mental gymnastics.
Respectfully, you can try to gaslight me or cast aspersions, but my eyes actually function. Thank you.
Do they though?
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Thank you for the vigorous discussion. I hope you have pleasant afternoon.
They’re booing you for telling the truth
It’s the voters fault and the democratic party’s
Is it not the voters fault though?
It’s the fault of the Democrats
…and…
You also cannot tell voters who’ve been getting poorer while you’ve ruled that you won’t change anything,
The opponent promised all kinds of things to voters who had been getting poorer, most of those promises were straight up fantasy, while others were distorted mistruths.
In your mind, do you think voters are free from have any responsibility for critical thinking? If a known liar is lying to you and you take action supporting those lies, should you be responsible when the lies are indeed shown to be lies?
and definitely shouldn’t tell them to be joyful about it.
This is the second time you’ve used this exact same language. Can you cite the source where you’re saying Democrats told people they should be joyful?
If a known liar is lying to you and you take action supporting those lies, should you be responsible when the lies are indeed shown to be lies?
If I’m starving to death, and the most trustworthy man in the world says “I will do nothing to help you” while the most dishonest man in the world (Donald Trump) says “I will shower you with more food than you have ever seen in your life” I’m going to take my chances with the dishonest man. Maybe the lie is how much but there will still be something. Better than a guaranteed nothing.
If I’m starving to death, and the most trustworthy man in the world says “I will do nothing to help you” while the most dishonest man in the world (Donald Trump) says “I will shower you with more food than you have ever seen in your life” I’m going to take my chances with the dishonest man. Maybe the lie is how much but there will still be something. Better than a guaranteed nothing.
Except its not a “better than a guaranteed nothing”. The liar didn’t just not shower you with food, he stripped you of what little clothing you had left, and threw you out in the desert to die faster, and he even has a history of that, so its not like you didn’t know the liar was capable of it.
Best case scenario with the honest man: he does nothing and I starve to death. Worst case scenario with the lying man: I starve to death anyway. May as well try changing things.
Sure, maybe I starve to death faster, but you give most people a choice between “100% chance you starve to death” and “99% chance you starve to death and 1% chance you don’t” and they will take the 1% chance.
At least the lying man admits there’s a fucking problem. “Everything is fine and nothing needs to change” was not a good strategy.
Best case scenario with the honest man: he does nothing and I starve to death. Worst case scenario with the lying man: I starve to death anyway. May as well try changing things.
With the lying man, as in my example, you won’t starve to death, you’ll die from exposure long before you die of starvation. If you’re seeing dying much sooner as direct result of his actions as an equal outcome, I’m not sure what to tell you.
At least the lying man admits there’s a fucking problem.
He’s not admitting there’s a problem, he saying whatever he thinks you want to hear to give him your vote. This man stiffed his own employees and contractors on a regular basis. On what evidence in his entire life, did you arrive at the conclusion that rich donald trump wanted to do anything at all to improve the life of people like us? Not words. Actions.
We don’t have to speak in theoreticals though. trump won. Are you glad he got voted in? Is your life better now? Or is this now worse than under Biden?
Por que no dos?
Donald lied repeatedly
No It Won’t
No it won’t.
It just won’t. None of that will happen.
You’re getting worked up over nothing. Everything is going to be fine. So just relax, okay? You’re really overreacting.
Why would we not blame the voters?
Ignorance is not an excuse. We should not normalize that.
They were told, repeatedly, by everyone, including every economist in existence, that tariff’s would be a tax on consumers. They didn’t listen, because they’re fucking assholes.
This guy has already lied to them many, many, many times over. They didn’t learn either because they’re unbelievably stupid, or committed to hurting others so much that they chose to turn a blind eye to the lies.
Of course I’m blaming the voters.
capitalism leads to price increases. tariffs taxes fees … all a part of capitalism
Walmart Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey previously told Newsweek: “As we look ahead, while operating conditions are expected to remain dynamic, our strategy is clear, our top-line momentum is strong, and we are flexing into our advantages to protect margins as we grow.”
“Look, lord knows what our fuckwit President will do next, but our plan is clear. While our profits continue to be strong, we’ll use our heft to squeeze suppliers and our near monopoly in rural areas to squeeze customers. In any case, we’ll protect our bottom line and continue to grow.”
They’re the only store in many places so they are in a good position to raise prices. The big question is if their customers can afford to buy anything anymore.
Lemmy is big on making fun of “forever growth”. But that’s how the world has always worked, there is no ideal steady state. We Americans are within a couple of years of slamming into the brick wall of “can’t buy shit”.
Nothing will save us but straight raping the rich for what they’ve done to us. And since they’ve bought and paid for all the mechanisms to claw back even a morsel, too late. There will quickly come a time when they can no longer be their own best customers. We provide the labor, value and purchasing power.
I commend these employees for posting the price increases.
Despite TACO Don’s lies, really, we all knew this was coming. It’s good to have validation, regardless.
Newsweek has reached out to Walmart outside of regular working hours via an online contact form.
Lol gotta love how Newsweek doesn’t even have someone they can reach out to at Walmart. At this point Walmart’s PR department is probably an intern with a microsoft copilot account since no matter what shitty thing they do nothing happens to them and people still shop there.
Most people/towns have no other option, All the big corps have taken down anything local, over the last 20-30 years.
That’s true, I should have specified that for those with a choice on where they shop. But even in towns and cities where there are major retail/grocery alternatives, Walmarts tend to thrive.
Even if it was a local small business, they would be increasing price. Did you think they can absorb 30% tariff when their margin is single digits?
People in America care more about money than anything else. There could be a brand that kills children and as long as it’s cheaper it will be bought. Cough nestle cough
That’s true nearly everywhere capitalism exists though, not just America. Nestle sales in Europe aren’t far behind their North America sales
Tacoflation is going to hurt US consumers.
TBF there is a cocoa shortage so the powder increase is expected. But there isn’t a Chinese fishing reel shortage, just dumb taxes.
There’s actually been a huge increase in lefties, and they demand fishing reels.
The lefties yearn for the reel
More specifically, there’s now a generation of people who didn’t get their ass beat for using their left hand (this was surprisingly common up through the fucking 90s in some places) and now they want leisure goods that are left-hand-capable.
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HitlerPig’s primary campaign promise was to lower prices, which were already under control. Now prices are going up significantly, and the media isn’t going after him for it. I have heard him claim in multiple interviews that gas is $2 a gallon, and yet I’ve never heard a journalist challenge that easily disputable lie. There is not a single place in this country where gas is $2, so why aren’t they demanding answers when he says this? Where is it $2?
Every interview should be demanding how he intends to bring down prices, like he promised, and when it will happen.
Well, you see, the people who voted for him weren’t actually expecting lower prices, they were expecting racism, because they’re racists.
So far he’s delivered on schedule.
Shitler has a nice ring to it btw.
I like Clown Prince.
Closest I’ve seen where I live is 2.50
Most places in America, it’s about $3. Where I live, it cycles between $2.90 and $3.20. it’s about $3.09 today.
But the felon rapist conman traitor said he’d lower prices.
HE SAID SO.
There is a left-handed fisherman somewhere who is so pissed at him right now!
You know where you notice this? As an American buying appliances in Europe. You can buy a front loading washing machine for 300€, including VAT. A refrigerator? 400€. Three years ago I paid 1800 for a fridge in the us, and last year bought a scratch and dent special washing machine for $600
Edit: and US prices are not including Tax.
I just bought a whole suite of new appliances over here. I didnt realise I ws doing so well. Most wasshers and dryers here are front load, thats standard. Something else that came up on my travels is that you guys dont often have fans in your ovens, which would be very standard here.
The ones with fans would be “convection” ovens, which cost more this side of the pond
The oven fan drives me nuts. It allows them to sell stupid shit like air fryers. Put convection in my fucking oven and stop charging up to $1000 extra for the option.
Also the combo washer dryer. I stayed with friends in Belgium for a month over 25 years ago. They had a front load washer/dryer. One appliance. We are now finally seeing these in North America but they suck balls and are really expensive.
Oh I hate them combos, great in theory often poor in practice. They are usually in rental properties here, cheap and cheerful resolution.
The ovens are crazy, no wonder the US have all these appliances. My oven steams and a dude on here would not believe me saying its not practical to have an industrial oven in my house.
To be fair though we have a higher voltage residential supply too so you guys might not be able to as effectively use this shit.
It’s corporations. My stove runs on 220V as does my dryer. Aside from gas all of them do. It does exist but it is priced out of a normal person’s budget. These ovens exist only in homes where everyone eats out as generally those are the homes that can afford the extra expense. Or as that person told you previously, unless you purchase a commercial oven. Yay capitalism!
Due ye have dual supply or step up?
To be fair I got what I paid for, I paid shy of two grand for two full size ovens that include a steam and microwave function. We use them all the time. Do you guys have down draft hobs? Best thing I ever bought for the kitchen.
I’m not a typical North American. I have a full kitchen outside my house in an outbuilding that is fully set up as a commercial kitchen on three phase power. Inside my house I have typical shitty North American appliances. The “outdoor” kitchen is all second hand bought at auction commercial restaurant appliances. Gas stove tops. Commercial electric ovens. Vent hoods. The whole thing. It’s taken years and years to build up.
We grow, forage and raise a lot of our own food and have a small galley style kitchen in our little house that just isn’t practical for large batch stuff like butchering and canning.
You’re who I think I will be everytime I try fermenting and planting food.
Are we feeling great again yet? 200% cost of goods sure feels great for the company stockholders.
Prepare your Trump “I did that” stickers.
Oh so that’s how they work…
meh, shop at costco and aldi. never going back to wally world after they kissed the ring.
