Mliri wa COVID-19 womwe ukupitilira wasintha miyoyo ya anthu mamiliyoni ambiri padziko lonse lapansi m'njira zosiyanasiyana. Ena aife takhala tikulimbana ndi vuto linalake loti masitolo akutsekedwa komanso masukulu akutsekedwa, pomwe ena awona okondedwa awo akudwala kachilomboka - kapena ataya miyoyo yawo momvetsa chisoni.
Pomwe kutsekedwa kwapadziko lonse lapansi kudapangitsa kugulitsa kwakukulu kwamakampani ambiri amasewera apakanema - kuphatikizapo Nintendo - zimapatsa ena mwayi wopeza ndalama mwachangu. Tengani Max Hayden wazaka 16, mwachitsanzo; potembenuza masewera a masewera, makhadi a malonda a Pokémon ndi zinthu zina "zapamwamba", adapeza ndalama zokwana $ 1.7 miliyoni, kupanga $ 110,000 phindu.
Hayden adayang'ana kwambiri zinthu zomwe zidafunidwa kwambiri panthawi ya mliri, monga zotenthetsera pabwalo ndi makina amasewera, kuphatikiza PS5 ndi Xbox Series X. mtengo wa tikiti. Akuyembekeza kukhala ndi chaka chabwino mu 1,100, ndikulozeranso zinthu zomwe zikusoweka komanso zomwe zikufunika kwambiri.
Ogulitsanso ndi imodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri pamasewera pakali pano, pomwe 'scalpers' amalanda zinthu zachilendo ndi cholinga chongogulitsa kuti apeze phindu. Komabe, The Wall Street Journal wapanga a akuwala nenani za Hayden (zikomo kwa Kotaku chifukwa chobweretsa izi kwa ife), kuyamika chikhalidwe chake chanzeru pankhani yotembenuza phindu.
Ngakhale kuyamikiridwa, ndime iyi yochokera ku lipoti la WSJ ikuphatikiza ndendende chavuta ndi chiyani ndi ogulitsa ambiri:
Kugulitsanso zinthu zosafunikira nthawi zambiri kumakhala kovomerezeka, ngakhale ogulitsa nthawi zambiri amadana nazo chifukwa zimatha kuyambitsa mikangano ndi ogula. Kutumiza makalata odana ndi ogula okwiya chifukwa cha mitengo yodziwika bwino kumabwera ndi gawo. [Abambo a wachinyamatayo] adanena kuti poyamba sankasangalala ndi bizinesi ya mwana wawo wamwamuna chifukwa adapindula ndi vuto la thanzi. Koma anaona kuti n’zololedwa chifukwa mwana wakeyo amangogulitsa zinthu zapamwamba osati zofunika.
“Ndikusiyana kwenikweni,” anatero [bambowo], wazaka 61. “Uwu ndi ukapitalizimu.”
Mukudziwa? Nthawi zina, capitalism imakhala yoyipa.
[gwero wsj.com, kudzera kodiku.com]
