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Re:Revenge of the Chickenized Reverse-Centaurs by Lu2025 on Sunday June 01, 2025 @11:18AM (#44151525)
Why, exactly, distributors hold so much power? They are just middlemen. Can you explain?
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Re:Revenge of the Chickenized Reverse-Centaurs by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday June 01, 2025 @01:28PM (#44152442)
There's probably hundreds of reasons, and a real answer is likely worthy of a graduate-level class. Like this one[0]. ;)

But we can start with the massive capital requirements of being a logistics provider. It's not something that many farmers, shopkeepers, or even medium-sized businesses could manage.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSLscJ2cY04

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