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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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But when you get genuine, prolonged shortages - the sort that are accompanied by rationing - you make *permanent* changes.
Rationing is so psychologically scarring that it induces people to make long-delayed investments that result in *permanent* changes to their consumption habits.
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2026-04-20T17:16:05.833Z