Cartels have historically failed, but in this game, they might succeed if executed correctly. To challenge big players, employee poaching is key—but success depends on whether workers are bots or wage-driven. If they follow wages, offering competitive salaries can destabilize major competitors and shift the balance in your favor. However, trust among cartel members is crucial—without it, internal betrayals and selfish moves could cause the cartel to collapse before it achieves its goal.
@lololol Why call it a cartel? It’s just a business idea for us to grow and make space for new players. The big guys control everything right now, and it’s tough for the rest of us to get ahead.
If we work together to lower wages and costs, we can compete better and make the market more interesting. It’s not about being shady—it’s about giving ourselves a chance to grow and letting new businesses in.
I would gladly join, though lowering wages has other impacts, like it could become more difficult to start companies when you are just starting as you earn less through wages. Joining together to lower product prices for grain and other expensive products is good, as grain sells for $1 but only costs $0.5 to produce.
@lololol Why should we hear what you say? You’re already a millionaire in the game—this isn’t your fight. It’s for the rest of us who are still trying to grow and compete in a market dominated by the big players.
You’ve already made it, so it’s easy to dismiss ideas that could help others. But for those of us still building our businesses, this is about creating opportunities and leveling the playing field.
If you’ve got better ideas, we’re all ears. But if not, maybe let the people who are still growing figure out what works for them.
Bro that’s how life is you can’t just start the game, work a couple of jobs, and instantly create a successful company. If it were that easy, everyone would do it.
Starting a business should be hard. You grind early on, save up, and take risks. But once you’ve built something, it should start paying off. Right now, it feels like the opposite: you struggle to start, and even after creating a company, it’s slow and barely profitable. That’s backwards.
Lowering wages and prices isn’t about making it harder for new players—it’s about fixing the system so that businesses can actually grow and thrive once they’re established. If you want to start a company, you’ll have to work for it, but once you do, it should be worth the effort.
But here’s the thing: lowering wages isn’t just about helping new players—it’s about making the entire market more competitive. If established businesses can reduce costs, they can lower prices across the board, which benefits everyone, including new players trying to buy supplies.
