If you’ve ever traveled to a foreign country, then you may have experienced the manipulative pricing schemes that many people use to take advantage of customers who aren’t familiar with the way things work in that country. In many places, it’s common practice to charge tourists up to 10 times the price that a local would pay for the same products or services, especially if the tourists come from North American or European countries. — In this episode, I’ll speak about the practicality and morality of such pricing schemes, and why I think they’re a bad idea.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:28 Americans should pay more

2:58 It keeps getting worse for Japan

5:33 Arguments FOR discrimination

8:49 The same logic, applied to race

11:17 Moral implications

14:34 Potential effects

18:14 Is this really “equity”?

22:15 Envy, hatred, and greed

24:34 Who’s really making things more expensive?

25:31 Pocket watching

28:37 Playing the “social justice” game

30:25 We’re just trying to make a profit

33:55 Foreigners are not responsible for your problems

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