This, and the crime that will come with it, is an inevitable outcome of a nation that has bit off more than it can chew.
Preppers PING!!!
This is an internet fake story
What’s so special about Tide?
This is just crooks stealing something they can pedal easily to make money for buying drugs or whatever.
To me “black market” implies that the product is not available in quantities that people want to buy. I’ve not heard of any shortages of Tide or other laundry detergents.
Shades of Weimar Germany circa 1919-20 before the hyperinflation kicked in. The black market bartering stage cranks up.
Found another article on this... drug dealers are accepting Tide as barter store of wealth:
http://bastiat.mises.org/2012/03/tide-as-money/
Tide as Money
Posted by Douglas French on Mar 15, 2012
“A number of things have served as money throughout history: shells, tobacco leaves, even cigarettes in POW camps and prisons. Now those operating in the urban drug trade are using Tide detergent as currency.
Supermarkets and drug stores in some areas of the country cant keep the detergent on the shelves. During a recent police raid on a drug dealers home in Washington D.C., the police found what they expectedcocainebut also noted the 20 large bottles of Tide on the dealers shelves.
It turns out users paid the dealer in Tide rather than U.S. dollars. And why not, Proctor & Gambles best selling laundry soap is holding its value better than the governments greenbacks.”
There’s a reason it’s just Tide. My guess is that somehow, someone has figured out how to distill a “street drug” from Tide. Maybe a certain scent. Not sure, but I’ll bet before too much longer we’ll find out what it is.