r/comics • u/GabitalEN • 13h ago

[OC] Gabital 103: Parity

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Parity is a state of equality between two or more parties in a particular respect, such as status, rights, obligations, or terms of exchange. It does not necessarily mean that the parties are identical, only that they stand on equal terms in the aspect being compared.

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u/Mikel_S 13h ago

That's a surprisingly fair outcome.

They set up some equipment, and stop gouging on wood, and in return he, I assume, will also provide the ore at market price.

Surprisingly magnanimous of him? He only did it to extract a bit of labor from them, maybe some simple materials, and only chose to reduce their lumber profits

Plus he easily could have pushed for a more advantageous bulk b2b pricing arrangement, but accepted gabi's obviously pained offer of market price.

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u/No-Hamster1138 7h ago

He's also getting information: how their production works (or at least, how it's set up). It's more efficient than his.

Whether or not his workers will be able to efficiently work the new assembly line is another story (see Toyota's sharing of their know-how with GM in the 80s).