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The year 2022 produced a long and daunting list of issues associated with the economy. Inflation, rising interest rates, stock market decline... Many victims and critics of these phenomena identified them as symptoms of a systemic problem, namely the ugly side of capitalism.
The members of the subreddit 'Capitalism Sux' share what they believe to be the evidence of these dysfunctions, and whether they're calling out corporate HR or a small-time landlord, it's interesting to see how badly some aspects of modern society are messed up.
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#1
Tax The Billionaires
RAM31280 2 years ago
They are taxed, but they can afford the best accountants and lawyers to use every loophole and roundabout way to pay the government as little as they can, and I can't say I'd blame them for that, I want to pay the government as little as I have to too. The tax code needs to be rewritten and simplified to avoid these loopholes, but the politicians don't have any incentive to do that because they wont be able to abuse the loopholes they put in place to enrichen themselves.
Best Behave 2 years ago
I do blame them. They have more money than most peopl ewill ever see. If they lost 99% of the wealth they had aquired, they could still live in luxury for the rest of their lives. They don't need it, can't spend it, and it doesn't improve their quality of life one iota. Why exactly do they want to hoard so much resource and prevent it benefitting other people and society as a whole? they're facking psychopaths
Load More Replies... D Peterson 2 years ago
Politicians, especially the GOP, wants us to blame the poor for everything instead of the REAL cause. Rich people & corporations.
Ima Manimal 2 years ago
The 99.9% work like slaves to enrich the 0.1%. It’s time to knock them off if the pedestal. Tax the f*****g rich.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
Jeff Bezos needs to be named here. He doesn't pay taxes (he was successfully sued in Europe--that should be done everywhere). He pays his workers nothing, he treats them horribly, Amazon produces a lot of pollution re: boxes and packaging--and let me repeat, he does not pay taxes, yet he profits from the countries, their workers, and the infrastructure of those countries.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
If the money is saved, as it says, I'm wondering what interest rate was used in the calculations. (I'm a mathematician - gotta know such stuff.)
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#2
Would They Do It Though?
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
The same people whose bought and paid for by Big Pharma politicians accused Obama, back when he was trying to get the ACA started, of promoting “death panels” who would decide that Grandma, or your child, don’t get the medication, treatment, or surgery they need to live. Which sounds a whole hell of a lot like the privatized health insurance industry we had then, and still have today—-unless you’re signed up for the ACA—-where the insurance company’s accountants can override the doctors on the panel, and is the system they wanted instead of the ACA. BTW, the constituents of those politicians absolutely despise Obamacare, but are 100% in favor of the ACA. They’re just too stupid and brainwashed to know they’re two names for the same goddamned thing!
Load More Replies... Agamemnon O'Neill 2 years ago
The scientists behind insulin, Banting and Best, sold the US patents for $1, because they felt it belonged to everybody.
DC 2 years ago (edited)
Yes, they did, and that was a strong statement then, and is a strong statement today! But, it might be that selling licensery would have been better - $1 a year, unlimited amount. And, in the contract, state a max price at which that company is allowed to sell it, and that they have to do at least two brands with identical product so one can be even a bit cheaper. This can not really be what's the best humans can agree to, with every single other developed nation NOT throwing an entire class into crippling and sickening debt, it is a bit ... hard to find a reasonable excuse to charge them more - the only difference is, they got away with it way too long in the US and repeat this with every newly developed drug, treatment, device or procedure - and the literal proof that "Capitalism is the best we can!" is a lie. A market-based economy may be what we should use, or our only choice anyway, but we have every right to demand our lawmakers, who we elected in a process in which we all are equals among equals (... or should be, at least...), that they restrict the market whereever it doesn't serve the purpose of reasonable win, reasonable pricing, reasonable balance. It just isn't well-balanced in every regard just by itself. We can correct it. We have every right imaginable to do so, and there is nothing that sufficiently justifies not doing so. Get off your a$$es, demand that this market needs stricter regulation, overcome your ridiculous commie-paranoia - lack if insuline versus communist ... who has killed more in recent years in the US?
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Steph Hobbs 2 years ago
A friend of my boss tried this and then the UK government started handing them out for free and he went bankrupt 😂
Best Behave 2 years ago
@Steph If only he'd offered to sell them back to the UK gov for £23m, he'd have been made a lord....
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Vermontah 2 years ago
GOOD NEWS Lilly Cuts Insulin Prices by 70% and Caps Patient Insulin Out-of-Pocket Costs at $35 Per Month. . . from the eli lilly web page Novo Nordisk to slash U.S. insulin prices by up to 75%, following move by Eli Lilly starting Jan 2024 . . . from cnbc.com
DC 2 years ago
... that still is a lot more expensive than in most elsewheres, but at least, it is cheap enough that lack of money will be a lot less of a reason not to take enough...
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Remember Jared Kushner, tfg's front man on Covid? "Those aren't the people's ventilators, they're ours!"
Under capitalism, private individuals or businesses own capital goods. At the same time, business owners (capitalists) employ workers (labor) who only receive wages; labor does not own the means of production but only uses them on behalf of the owners of the capital.
The production of goods and services is based on supply and demand in the general market—known as a market economy—rather than through central planning—known as a planned economy or command economy.
#3
But It’ll Never Work /S
UncleRussian 2 years ago
"But I don't wanna pay for other people!" - then you don't get to retire ^-^
Jeremy James 2 years ago
You're almost there, you're just missing a hefty dose of good ol' American racism. "I don't want health care or a social safety net because the WRONG SORT of people might benefit from it, too."
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Humansarethevirus 2 years ago (edited)
Christian fascists ironically refuse Healthcare for children of course they don't want anything that they will have to pay for the babies they are forced to be born into poverty. These Christian taliban hypocrites against women and children!! Pro birthers are parasites
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
The Conservative party was going to fix that, Brexit and all that, no? Look to them for reducing funding instead of honouring their sacred promises. The NHS always suffers under Cons.
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Burnt Bagel 2 years ago (edited)
The US government-and quite specifically the Republicans- truly do not give a f**k, nor give a s**t about the people they supposedly serve. It’s an embarrassing joke!
Timbob 2 years ago
The U.K. health system seems to be hurting right now, along with a few European countries. And some countries have up to two months wait for elective procedures. Nothing is perfect !
Kevin Humble 2 years ago
Isn't a 2 month wait better than never being able to aford it making it an infinite wait. I mean look at insulin - it's like $400-$500 per month over there ... £9 per month over here. I am one of the higher tax payers - have been prety healthy all my life and at 60. I know I have paid in way more that I have taken out ... But like I said I'm 60. Stastistics say I am going to start needing more and more medical help - and I like not having to worry about the cost of it all. I'm happy with what I paid giving me that peace of mind.
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#4
Why Reward Bad Behaviour?
D Peterson 2 years ago
The rich & large corporations Do Not Want Regulations. Why? Because regulations keep the rest of us safe from them.
stay_ZOOTED 2 years ago
Sometimes its not the bankers phault its the people who have made the banks and funded them
Kate Jones 2 years ago (edited)
I don't care about people getting bonuses. I care where the bonuses come from. If you are, say, an airline that gets bailed out due to a crisis, and that bail out comes from the taxpayers, that money is meant to pay employees and keep you afloat. Not to pay investors or pay out bonuses. Bonuses are for earning something more than just your pay and are given when a company is doing well. You get a bonus if you sell more of a product than someone else. You get a bonus for going above and beyond. I don't get mad because companies are generous enough to offer bonuses to employees. I don't blame other people for their good luck in or because my cr@ppy job doesn't offer it. Bonuses to bankers or, really, stockholders is ridiculous if they are doing layoffs or downsizing.
#5
It’s Not Wrong
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
I have no problem when people are successful, the problem I have is when they refuse to acknowledge they did not get there alone. Demanding old age insurance and pension is a drain on them when they are only taxed on the 1st 160k of income(USA). You had a LOT of help...show it!
Kate Jones 2 years ago
I agree. Just having a talent or knowing what you want to do is luck. A lot of people never know. They had no advice and didn't have anyone at a skilled labor job who could 'get them in'. Everyone wants skilled jobs now, but sometimes they require huge fees upfront for tools, etc. And with schooling, if you don't know what you want to get into, you feel like you just have to choose something because you don't know what else to do. You're asking people who have to ask permission to use the bathroom to now make a decision for the rest of their lives with no one advising them. I talk to people every day who are total idiots yet make 100K+ a year because they were able to get in at a company as interns and had their parent's help or someone's couch they could sleep on while not getting paid. Trust me- I get that a lot of people cause their own problems because they don't manage their money well and aren't willing to work hard to be successful. But it's not every case.
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Shull GaRett 2 years ago
If since 1978 until 2023 you get a total of 5,7% increase the you are doing something terribly wrong.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Hiring illegals is HOW your boss gets away with giving you only 5.7% raises. The result of economic-driven immigration is that the sending country loses its best educated, fails to develop a domestic market and fails to modernize while the receiving country faces wage stagnation, unemployment and lower productivity gains. The only beneficiaries are the billionaires. FFS, I remember when Democrats were all, "Buy American" to protect American jobs. Now buying American still means hiring foreign workers, but taxpayers foot all the expenses.
The purest form of capitalism is free market or laissez-faire capitalism. There, private individuals are unrestrained. They determine where to invest, what to produce or sell, and at which prices to exchange goods and services. The laissez-faire marketplace operates without checks or controls.
In reality, most countries practice a mixed capitalist system that includes some degree of government regulation of business and ownership of select industries.
#6
Difference Between America And Europe
Angarade 2 years ago
I'm French. Last month, I've seen my doctor 2 times for asthma and a genetic disease, got an x-ray and a irm, 10 different meds. Two of my kids got the flu. Our medical bill : 0€.
Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
Also, healthy fruit and veg are still cheaper here than eating fast food. Yes, everything has gone up, but we can still afford to eat a salad.
Steve Robert 2 years ago
Blame the Republicans who shout Socialism every time the government trys to tax them on their ill-gotten wealth to provide for the Common Good, as stated in the Constitution.
Nadine Debard 2 years ago
Be careful about red wine, recent studies showed that the alcohol ruins every positive effect, so it's not healthy at all, even a glass from time to time. Alcohol increases the risk of comorbidities like cancer, liver diseases, cardiovascular events, neurological diseases, etc. The risk is proportional to the amount taken and is potentiated by tobacco.
#7
Finally Someone Who Gets It
BetterBitterButter 2 years ago
I feel like more and more people becoming happy/happier increases my chance of being happy. That's my selfish reason for wanting most people to be happy.
pink_panda 2 years ago
Yes, we've been tricked by hypercapitalism into thinking that happiness is a zero sum game where we have to compete or someone else will take it all.
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Shull GaRett 2 years ago
Unfortunately many people think that they should get money for no work. And that makes hard working people pay stupid taxes for those "payments". Not a fan of that
Bryan W. 2 years ago
Another way to look at it: Production jobs, that used to pay at least something close to resembling a living wage, have mostly been outsourced out of the US. The only unskilled labor jobs left are in the service industry, yet we maintain the delusion, to the rich's profit, that these jobs should remain low paying. They're the only jobs available to a very large portion of the population. Just because you suffered this injustice before you found another way to make end's meet doesn't mean the next generation should.
Daman dan 2 years ago
This isn't entirely correct. Of course they deserve to make a living wage for an honest day's work, and yes, minimum wages needs to be increased , and regulations for full-time employees and their benefits can use some huge improvements. The problem is who would want to study to do the crappy, risky jobs like a working on powerlines if they could just quit school and flip burgers. I can almost guarantee that high school dropout rates would skyrocket if this was the case.
Kate Jones 2 years ago
I think this is a wonderful sentiment but my feeling is that if I can do a job that doesn't require any upfront costs (schooling/training), is generally not as dangerous/stressful either physically or mentally, and they make the same pay....what gets anyone to want to do that job? If you love being a crab fisherman, great, but if you're doing it because it pays really well because you risk your life, then that's a valid reason to be paid more. What motivates people to stay being doctor's, dentists, lawyers, etc., if the whole reason for doing all that work doesn't = making more than the guy waiting tables? I totally agree that the waiter- if he works full time- he should be making a wage enough to afford rent near his job, be offered health care, vacation and sick days. No one working a full time job should ever not be able to live on it. But he shouldn't make the same or even close to the others mentioned, and shouldn't get angry at the guy doing so, either.
Best Behave 2 years ago
If the jobs are rewarding people will do them - most doctors aren't doctors due to the pay, certainly not in the UK. The point is that if pay doesn't cover basic needs ( at the very very least) it's basically exploitation. The OP is saying that they don't get motivated by seeing other people have a worse standard of living. Sadly many tories and their ilk do just that.
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Best Behave 2 years ago
On what basis do you come to that conclusion? Personally I have no desire to see people have s**t conditions, and I don't look down my nose at other peoples' jobs - I'm with the OP
Load More Replies... Iblowsheep_V3.2 2 years ago (edited)
okay, I am fine with paying $49 for a value meal! i can just pretend I'm in a theme park.
Humansarethevirus 2 years ago
Ignorant fuj prices been going up in your meat patties. It's OK people will be homeless working to feed your fat greasy mouth. Shrinkflation and prices been going up like crazy while wages stay the same. Ya stupid funding greedy r******d price. Waste of air. Bet tour a Christian too huh selfish b***h
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A Slave Of Capitalism
Paul Neff 2 years ago
Yeah, the ones we call heroes are being sent to suffer or die. Hero is NOT a desirable outcome in life.
Indigocat 2 years ago
I was considered essential during the pandemic. (Not a doctor or nurse or in the food industry. Industrial field.) There was no hazard pay and there was no time off. Went to work like nothing changed and my husband and I both caught covid from coworkers. Yeah we got pizza as a thank you. Cool I guess. Pizza's good. But when people get to stay home and safe and make more off unemployment than I do risking my health to work for the human version of Lord Farquaad, there's a problem. When people told me I was a "hero," I said "READ: sacrificial lamb. That's more like it." We weren't essential by choice. Trust me.
ChickyChicky 2 years ago
People should have been paid to stay home who could. You should have been paid more for not being able to.
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The Voice in Your Head 2 years ago
I was a nurse during the pandemic and caught COVID from a patient (we had to ration PPE, it's not exactly effective after you've been wearing the same mask for 8 hours). GP sent me to emergency when my sats dropped to 91% (and I am NOT in a 'risk category') Was turned away from emergency because they were full. Took me 6 months to recover. All this because my rich patients just HAD to keep travelling 🙄 your holiday in Tuscany is CLEARLY more important than other people's health.
Indigocat 2 years ago
Oh my God I am so mad for you! I'm so sorry that happened to you. This whole thing showed a lot of people's selfishness. I grew so tired of people griping because they had to stay home. I would have loved to stay home during the worst of it. But then again, I've been social distancing long before the pandemic happened.
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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
We worked all the way through the pandemic...expendable not essential.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
and all that applauding of essential workers during the pandemic, and realization of how essential they are, has not increased their wages
Isaac Harvey 2 years ago
"Being a hero" is a modern cover-up phrase for "being underpaid, overworked, and undervalued."
Best Behave 2 years ago (edited)
By calling people "heroes" we can dehumanise them. Reduce them merely to their role, and imagine that they are just there to serve us when we require. When they need something in return we can offer them claps at tea time
Industrial capitalism usually benefited bigger parts of society rather than just the aristocratic class. Wages increased, helped greatly by the formation of unions. The standard of living also rose with the glut of affordable products being mass-produced. All of this led to the formation of a middle class and began to lift more and more people from the lower classes to swell its ranks.
#10
We No Longer Work To Live, We Simply Work To Survive
Talitha Jansen 2 years ago
You don't work to live, you live to work. And that's a stressful life to have.
Antoinette Maldari 2 years ago
Well, you can't live if you don't work (earn a paycheck).
Load More Replies... Kate Jones 2 years ago
This is the most true breakdown I've seen in a while. This is what's happening. It's RENT. Something needs to change with rent prices. Even credit cards aren't allowed to go over a certain percentage without it being usury, but there's no limits on what landlords can charge. Don't even get me started on what they allow to happen in their apartments and also don't take care of. They can charge you 3600 dollars and also never take care of the building, give you really old appliances, not repaint, have bug and rodent problems, and allow 10 different people to live in a 2 bedroom because they don't care if they're drug dealers, or domestic abusers, or cause all kinds of noise and parties and problems for the other tenants because they don't live on site so they don't care. There should be caps on the amount they can charge based on the area, and an independent inspection of the building and individual apts. They should also have to update any appliances older than 10 years.
Id row 2 years ago
I bought my home in '02 and I wouldn't be able to afford it today. Not a chance.
Moezzzz 2 years ago
Hell, when I bought my house in 2018, it was $225,000. Now, it's worth $420,000 and there's no way we'd have been able to afford this house now. All because the neighborhood value has increased. This is insanity. Also, we can't move, because nothing is in our price range and with the interest rates at the moment, we'd never get the rate we're locked in at (2.7%). So, we're more or less stuck. Thank god we love our house.
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Ruth Harper 2 years ago
Except if it were just inflation, wages would have increased equally to match. They haven't.
Load More Replies... Vermontah 2 years ago
I had an apt in Dallas, not far from Love Field. 1 bedroom, kitchenette, all utilities included and furnished $125.00 a month. I was working at a greenhouse to make rent. and I still had money for the disco
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
I had a basement apartment, heated, in Montreal for $295 a month. That same apartment is now close to 1,000 a month.
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago
The fault isn't capitalism; it's artificial scarcity of housing, CAUSED by big government. In Houston, you can still get a house for $150,000 that you'd pay $2-3 million for in California, despite people moving into Texas by the millions.
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
God f*****g bless America! And f**k you to anybody who thinks I’m wrong. This country is f*****g doomed!
#11
“I Guess It’s Less Impressive When They’re Poor”
Der Kommissar 2 years ago (edited)
Many people in Europe learn more than one language because they live in close proximity to another country. Sometimes two languages are spoken in the same country, like Belgium.
Chrissyfox 2 years ago
I spoke two languages as soon as I could talk. The little princess's nanny is an immigrant. My father was air force and we lived in Italy until I turned 7. I just went to the local school.
Monica Lopez King (Moni) 2 years ago
My baby girl grew up speaking two languages. Bilingual from birth.
A. Starhawk Hunt 2 years ago
I used to sell shoes. One time I had a couple that spoke no English, so they had their 5-6year old son translating for them. The poor kid was trying very hard to communicate what he wanted. He finally said “foot-bags”. Call me terrible but learn the language! Your barely more than a toddler kid does not need to be stressed out trying to be the grown up. Hate me if you want to, but enough of the language for basic communication is badly needed
Daman dan 2 years ago (edited)
Ok I will. I assume that with that attitude you speak multiple languages so I would also assume that you realise how much more difficult it is to learn an second language while trying to earn a living and raise a family. It's actually a well-proven fact that children learn multiple languages much quicker than adults. I had to learn a second language in my 30's and believe me, it's not easy! My kid is fluently bilingual since he grew up with both languages.
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Bored Potato 2 years ago
My little bro is 2 and can bargain for cheese already :)
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The expansion of the financial sector accompanied the rise of industrial capitalism. Banks had previously served as warehouses for valuables, clearinghouses for long-distance trade, or lenders to nobles and governments. But eventually, they came to serve the needs of everyday commerce and the intermediation of credit for large, long-term investment projects. By the 20th century, as stock exchanges became increasingly public and investment vehicles opened up to more individuals, some economists named a variation on the system: financial capitalism.
#12
Elect A Working Class Congress
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
BUT stay away from the moronic MTG-types. Elect smart, capable people who possess true leadership qualities, grew up with working class parents, and who actually understand and are in touch with, REAL life.
Kate Jones 2 years ago
I've never been a violent person but MTG (and lauren boebert) and all of their idiot followers- makes me honestly wish someone would do something. These are vile people who are proud of their vileness and are actively inciting violence against people. And anytime she's been proven wrong, she calls it fake news. She also expects people to live up to her ultra religious views but she's divorced and isn't above promoting things that are the opposite of Christian teachings. She calls pride flags 'hate flags' and makes 'jokes' --which are very much not jokes- about eradicating gay communities and wants gay people dead. She hates anyone not white, makes ridiculous claims about conspiracy theories like laser beams and a number of other things because she's an idiot. But she works in fear and manages to scare people who are looking for someone just like her to reinforce the vile beliefs they want to be given permission to have. She's disgusting.
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Don Crawford 2 years ago
You elect people you trust. Poor people can't get enough exposure to gain trust. Ultimately, this mean we need smaller number of constituents per congressional district.
Brandon Parisien 2 years ago
In America, and Canada, you have to be rich to run for office. Also old af apparently.
Jerry Lane 2 years ago
MTG was not working class. She inherited her job and business from her parents. Clueless.
#13
Poor People Are People Too!
Samuel Pelatan 2 years ago
The system, you replace the people you'll get the same outcomes
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️Crystal️ 2 years ago
I do not think people realize that even if poor people abuse the system they're not going to get much for their efforts, compared to the rich being able to milk thousands and even millions of dollars from the system. I am on disability, food stamps, housing and medical assistance and I have to do a ton of paperwork to even keep those benefits and if I miss a few medical receipts my benefits get cut, and with it all I'm just able to squeeze by... Or I was until my dog got sick in January 😭 I wouldn't risk scamming the system for maybe an extra $50 in food stamps or another $10 off my monthly rent!
#14
Wrong People Have The Money
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
That just goes to show...99% of employers really don't care no matter how many times they call you "family".
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦 🇬🇧 2 years ago
Not an excuse, because this is just sad, but the Kardashians aren't what people think they are financially. It's a lot of smoke & mirrors. On paper they are "millionaires/billionaires," but they don't own a lot of the stuff they have. They're "marketable," so companies use them for brand placement. It's why they will be in our faces until they die. They can't stop working or they lose the "lifestyle." Also, a lot of the family is in debt up to their eyeballs.
Androgyny Lunacy 2 years ago
Wtf. That family are major POS's.. It is embarrassing to live In America.
White Sauce Hot Sauce 2 years ago
It's even more of a slap in the face when you find out the make up artist, Samuel Rauda, has a net worth of over $100 million.
Trond Øien 2 years ago (edited)
"Yeah, you can find souls all over this world, Lay underneath the stones of insanity. Yeah, you can find souls all over the globe, Except in the places they oughta be." Ian Hunter - Soul of America (2007)
By incentivizing entrepreneurs to reallocate away resources from unprofitable channels and into areas where consumers value them more, capitalism has proven a highly effective vehicle for economic growth.
More and better goods became cheaply accessible to wide populations again, raising standards of living in previously unthinkable ways. As a result, many political theorists and economists argue that capitalism is the most efficient and productive system of exchange.
#15
No, No, They've Got A Point
Corvus 2 years ago
If a modern newspaper wrote about this, it would immediately be accused of being "woke" and "pushing agendas".
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
By politicians who have already openly flirted with the idea of bringing back child labor.
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Colin Matthews 2 years ago (edited)
remember this photo next time some fool tries to tell you that a fairer society is some kind of commie plot...
Vermontah 2 years ago
So far Iowa and Arkansas with Sarah Huckabee. Total of 10 states are going to roll it back. Parents on drugs will make their kids work to support them. Huge potential for abuse on many levels. I doubt my state will consider it.
Kay Kelly 2 years ago
Guess you don't live in Florida or Texas. Florida is on it's way to becoming a facist state. Well on it's way. Scary, sickening things going on in Florida.
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Anxious&Bored Bear 2 years ago
Alabama (US) governor just signed a law that employers don't have to verify the age of its workers. Alabama also has a high number of immigrant children who work. Add those two facts together and it appears that the political party that wants to build a wall wants child-sized holes if the children will work dangerous jobs for less money than adults.
Joe Holesovsky 2 years ago
Really!! So what administration stopped building/repairing the border wall?
Load More Replies... Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
Children are working today. We all know it. Maybe photos like this would help?
Sunny Foxglove 2 years ago
Arkansas repealed child labor recently. I wonder if they saw the pictures of child laborers under a false positive headline?
Joe Holesovsky 2 years ago
They got rid of a century old permit system . Doing away with the permits does not change any other laws and regulations associated with child labor.
Load More Replies... Vermontah 2 years ago
or a classmate can have a lunch. Kids all over are doing this and kudos to them. Politicians are too busy deciding what to do with women's bodies and disagree just to disagree. Where is all the money? I remember when schools had money, communities could afford to maintain themselves. okay kick that soapbox out from under me
#16
This Is The Way
B Jones 2 years ago
Is this the one that got closed right away because "they weren't getting a lot of business there" or something like that?
Tamra 2 years ago
Why the hell would anyone downvote you? You are correct...the first Starbucks to unionize got closed down, with the company citing some bull s**t " safety" concerns.
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#17
Tax The Rich
N Miller 2 years ago
Also, the US of that time was still capitalist. Much of Europe operates at the capitalist end of the cap-comm scale. The problem is *deregulated* capitalism. It's greed. It's failing to hold people to account. It's failing to be a society.
WaffleLord 2 years ago
Back then, accepting tips for a promise of a better service was seen as bribery and anti-capitalist. Nowadays, companies use it to pay their employees...
DrGirlfriend 2 years ago
Then Regan came and took away that millionaire tax... Used to be taxed at 90% and up for people who made over 400k...... Regan did this sht
Linda Tisue 2 years ago
As a boomer I say " Quit saying the Gen Z and millenials suck. That c**p was said about us.... okay maybe they were right?
Best Behave 2 years ago
Cut spending to redirect funds to a border wall? wow
Load More Replies...But a downside of capitalism is its ability to corrupt. Crony capitalism (sometimes called cronyism) refers to a capitalist society that is based on the close relationships between business people and the state. Instead of success being determined by a free market and the rule of law, it can depend on favoritism that is shown by the government in the form of tax breaks, grants, and other incentives.
#18
You Lessen Crime By Making Reform And Rehabilitation The Actual Goal Of Prisons, Not Punishment
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
You can also help by shutting down for profit privately owned prisons. I mean it takes an Einstein to figure out where their self interest and dream of ever increasing profits leads?.....come on, get real.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
This is pretty far-fetched conspiracy thinking. Only 8% of American prisoners are in for-profit prisons. Montana and Hawaii are the two states with the highest portion of prisoners in for-profit prisons, and they have among the lowest crime rates. DC, Nevada, Louisiana, Arkansas and Delaware have among the highest crime rates, and have no for-profit prisons. I'm against for-profit prisons because I agree that government actions require a wall of separation from profit motives, but blaming high crime on them is just plain ridiculous.
Load More Replies... Samuel Pelatan 2 years ago
Yup, but being pro reform means you need to acknoledge "criminals" are just other people, and you could become one given the circumstances. It's easier to think "nah there are the good people and the bad people, and we put bad people in jail cause they are evil"
pink_panda 2 years ago
Conservative politics in particular pushes a black and white narrative like that. Politicians must not think very highly of their constituents if they resort immediately to such narratives. Don't they trust people to be capable of thinking through problems?
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Cthulhu Kitty 2 years ago
And the people in charge get bonuses for how much money they save. You treat people like animals and s**t, how do you have the nerve to act surprised when they lash out.
Mental Liberals 2 years ago
the US does it all backwards from this! THEY created the welfare state, the war on drugs, gangs, keep the poor poor...and so much more!! Profits Before People!
WaffleLord 2 years ago
B-b-but what about the poor private prisons profiting off of putting people in prison? Those poor multi-billion dollar companies ;(
#19
The American Dream
Alexandra Davis 2 years ago
To collect DNA samples if you're SA etc to catch the person before the sample is lost
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Alexandra Davis 2 years ago
And some Americans wonder why other developed countries do not want to live in America and don't see the 'American dream'
Antoinette Maldari 2 years ago
I don't know why you got down-voted, Al. I'm giving you an upvote 'cause I'm American and I am fed up.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Even worse. Your mother won’t be able to work her three jobs she needs just to keep you from being homeless, because college was out of the question when she was forced to have and raise you (NOT your fault), yet she still can’t afford day care, so she risks CPS taking you away from her and giving you to your father, the man who raped your mother when she was underage, or your deadbeat dad who has never paid the child support he is legally supposed to pay, or into a foster care nightmare, by leaving you with the least sketchy neighbor when you’re a baby, and home alone when you’re a little older.
Humansarethevirus 2 years ago (edited)
The Christian hypocrites They only interested in more poverty and forcing women against their will to give birth they need more future slaves and soldiers They're evil pro birthers greedy Fascists
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Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
I wonder what species Shorty Morty is, because it sure as hell ain't human. Any brainless fop can squawk "Abstinence! Abstinence! Abstinence!" till it drops dead of asphyxiation, but you're fighting a half-billion years of evolution. Also, the brains of children who have just started adolescence do not function the same as the brains of adults, and they are a lot more vulnerable to silvery-tongued Lotharios who are just looking to dip their wicks.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
And it's not about Abstinence either--it's about controlling women. They aren't pro-life because if they were, school, maternity and paternity leave, health care and day care would all be subsidized, or even free. (I know you know this, it just makes my blood boil)
Load More Replies... Humansarethevirus 2 years ago (edited)
We can thank the Christian taliban States of America christians forcing women and poverty to give birth drug addicts alcoholics women who are mentally and physically UNABLE , being forced to and in some States will be persecuted and tried for murder and executed That's the Republican Christian pro Birthers hypocrite's maggots for you
Surenu 2 years ago
Well, they can be used to identify a body that has been... damaged too much.
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Mama Penguin 2 years ago
Even if my husband and I wanted kids, we'd think multiple times over for many of the reasons above.
#20
Richie Rich - The Embodiment Of Capitalism Sux, Of Failing Upwards
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
And have been since Reagan. That’s over FORTY f*****g years—-the entirety of my most productive young working adult life. Elon, you entitled, out of touch, f*****g arrogant little s**t, my heart’s just pumping purple p**s for you.
DrGirlfriend 2 years ago
I'll say this till I run out of air Reagan is why we have these gross billionaires. He took away millionaire tax it used to be 90% for those who make over 400k . Cannot upvote you enough
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Rahul Pawa 2 years ago (edited)
While I agree that wealthy people should pay more in taxes, I don't think it's right to compare Elon's taxes as a percentage of his *net worth* vs other people's taxes as a percentage of their *income*. That's apples and oranges. I've said it before and I'll say it again, we should stop taxing income and tax wealth instead.
Herims 2 years ago
It would be unconstitutional tho, you can't tax money that is in stocks, they would be demanding everyone to do that now, the government just needs to make it really hard to make lots of money, maybe increase taxes for buying and selling
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JM 2 years ago (edited)
No, that’s Bezos that had the d!ck rocket - sorry, folks, my mistake
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Becky Samuel 2 years ago
If a por person kills someone, they serve their time, no billionaire on earth got their money without directly causing death to other people, but they get rich and admired.
Load More Replies...In practice, this is the dominant form of capitalism worldwide, due to the powerful incentives both faced by governments to extract resources by taxing, regulating, and fostering rent-seeking activity, and capitalist businesses trying to increase profits by obtaining subsidies, limiting competition, and erecting barriers to entry. In effect, these forces represent a kind of supply and demand for government intervention in the economy, which arises from the design of the system.
#21
In Response To Elon Musk Pondering Life As A Video Game…
Alexis Zimmer 2 years ago
I love the Alice games. Can't wait for Alice Asylum.
Load More Replies... DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Elon tries to hard to be funny/likeable on social media...like dude...stop..it's just cringe.
#22
The Money Will Trickle Down Any Day Now
Coralee Hicks 2 years ago
He was also going senile and let Nancy and an astrologer run the game
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
He started out as a Democrat, but switched parties because Nancy was such a staunch republican. So tbh, I always thought he was really just a talking head for Nancy’s political ideology, and agenda.
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Tim 2 years ago
He also wrecked the California state university system because he didn't like hippies protesting the Vietnam War.
Tim 2 years ago
Which caused other states to follow suit and then when he became president....
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Steve Robert 2 years ago
Reagan and Trump are the two worst presidents we have ever had. Period.
Kate Jones 2 years ago
Hey now...don't forget Iran-Contra, and allowing one of the largest influxes of heroin and cocaine into the country, effectually starting the drug epidemics and drug mafias to take hold of our country. then made racist sentencing laws like giving crack cocaine-which is cheaper and sold to working class or lower class people- much longer sentences than regular cocaine- more expensive and sold to upper class rich people. and of course he had more documented corruption than any president in history.
Tim 2 years ago
Hold on... I mean people could have always have gone with Just Say No.
Load More Replies... Tamra 2 years ago
He also gutted the Mental Health Systems Act, which provided grants to community mental health centers.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
This caused thousands of mental patients to be released and found wandering the streets of the USA
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jeff adams 2 years ago
And he should have been frog-marched to prison over the Iran-Contra scandal.
#23
Capitalism Cannot Survive Without Poverty
Jeremy James 2 years ago
I've worked in restaurants in California, Nevada, and Florida. In those states, you have to pay $15 every few years for ServSafe certification to work with food. It's a stupid online course that "teaches" ridiculously common sense things about food safety. All of that money goes to the National Restaurant Association, who owns the program. They then use that money to lobby Congress AGAINST raising the tipped minimum wage or replacing tipping with profit-share incentives.
pink_panda 2 years ago
Absolutely corrupt. Tipping should not be a thing as servers should be paid adequately like they are in every other developed country. Still not my least favorite NRA though...
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Humansarethevirus 2 years ago (edited)
Of course the republicans It's just always against helping poor people and ever since tForcing women in pretty to give birth just Tobe being abused and neglected ,they ignore foster kids and now they want to starve and take away healthcare for women and children that's republicans for ya greedy Christian fascists
Critics argue that capitalism leads to a significant loss of political, democratic and economic power for the majority of the population because it creates large concentrations of money and property in the hands of a relatively small minority (the elite or the power elite), leading, according to them, to very large and increasing wealth and income inequalities between the two groups.
#24
Play The Blame Game
Colin Matthews 2 years ago
yeah this is the thing that probably pi**es people off the most, the same sanctimonious hypocrites that drone on about market forces and the evils of socialism are the FIRST to get a handout when their business has a quiet month.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
That’s because of the demographics of the poorest and most vulnerable people. If you’re a racist, homophobic, misogynistic xenophobe, you actually take cruel pleasure in seeing those who have little to nothing having everything taken away from them.
Baichen Luo 2 years ago
this post is literally praising capitalism. Subsidies don't encourage competition, which capitalism wants( more competition)
Corrsfan 2 years ago
I assume this is a US post. What does it mean for 11% of someone's income to go towards corporate subsidies?
Temporary Dork 2 years ago
That means it'd be even worse than the 8% in the example.
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#25
Shatter The State
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
*upvotes both this post and your comment because you’re right*
Load More Replies... Der Kommissar 2 years ago
I work at a Starbucks and I never take the early shift because the day after one of our teams wins a championship or there is a demonstration, I would be the one who has to pick up all the shattered glass from the steel trash can I threw into the front window the night before.
Brett Layton 2 years ago
I'm confused what does shattering a Starbucks window do to advance universal health care? Nothing as far as I can tell it's just a senseless act of violence unrelated to health care, yall know Starbucks doesn't control the government right? You made it so some folks wont be able to go to work that day and created a mess. Maybe try participating in getting an official elected that will champion your cause instead of vandalism.
#26
Nailed It!
Samuel Pelatan 2 years ago
That's the kind of work people only notice when it is not done. Strikes are the only way to show it.
I can't think of a good name 2 years ago
The school strikes still have teachers giving students work. They barely exist.
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Luisa Silva Eva 2 years ago
Do you mean "as many sick days as they need?" I live in Portugal and we have paid sick days whenever we are sick.
Samuel Pelatan 2 years ago
Nah, in the US they have an amount of sick days you have to earn, like the paid leaves. And if you are sick and don't have any sick day left you are screwed. Doesn't make any sense but that's how it works there.
Load More Replies... Haywood Jablome 2 years ago
Nothing is complimentary here, s/ and Vaseline is banned in some states for promoting alternative lifestyles /s
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Dutch Law On 'Sick Days'
Susie Elle 2 years ago
A sidenote; in The Netherlands there's short-term illness and long-term illness. Short-term is "I've got the flu so I'm calling in sick", during which most employers will pay you 100%. Most workplaces don't have official sick-days, but some do (often this is the result of the employer feeling that people are misusing the freedom of calling in sick at any moment). Long-term illness is an illness that will debilitate you to an extent that you can't do your job anymore, or maybe not to the fullest extent. Then you go see a company doctor, who will assess the trajectory for the coming period (therapy, part-time leave, whatever may be necessary to get you back on track). An employer is obligated to pay your salary for 2 years max, often 70% of your previous salary. There's also financial aid for which you can apply during this time.
Joanne Hall 2 years ago
The Dutch law is that you are paid 70% of your salary when ill. However collective labour agreements that the unions negotiate determine that the payment is 100% during the 1st year. After that it could be 70% as is the law or it could be more if the employees unions and employers unions have agreed that.
WaffleLord 2 years ago
But of course, in the US, we don't focus on giving money to those who need it, we spend BILLIONS of dollars buying new tanks...
wyngerd 2 years ago
I know about 30 people that had to close down since one of their workers was "overspannd" over stressed. Keep loosing the hairdresser to that. I keep my company smaller then i would like to. But i dont want to take the risk. Better in Germany the government takes over after 30 days.
Susie Elle 2 years ago (edited)
If your entire company relies on the availability of one single person and then that person becomes burnt out, then maybe there's the issue.
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago
I wondered, "How do the Dutch prevent cheating the system?" so I looked this up. And I found this wasn't exactly true. In the Netherlands, you get paid 70% for sick days, not 100%, and you have to have your sickness monitored by a company doctor. So this is better than some early-hire jobs I've seen in America, where the sick days can easily become inadequate if you have a long-term sickness, but frankly, I'd rather my current situation, where I get 15 sick days a year, I'm left to my own responsibility, and I get 100% pay.
Woets 2 years ago
Don't know your source, but I don't know any company that will cut your pay with only a few days being sick from work. You make it sound like if you got yhe flu, they cut your salary. That is not how it works. Where I work it only becomes 70% after a full year of being sick. The company docter checks in when your sick longer then 1 month straight to help you with a plan to come back to work (plan is depending on the type of illness you have). Also; with the average of 25 (100% paid) vacation days, 16 weeks (100% paid) maternity leave and other good beneftis, I gues we don't need the 'sick days' for cheating.
Load More Replies... UnpopularPanda 2 years ago
I am officially on Sick Leave with approval paperwork and all and have just shut the system down after working from home and rushed to medical centre for my physiotherapy
And while 57% of the American public continues to view capitalism favorably, that is 8 percentage points lower than in 2019 (65%), a 2022 national survey by the Pew Research Center revealed.
However, its main "competitor" isn't doing too well either. Just 36% of U.S. adults say they find socialism to be somewhat (30%) or very (6%) positive, down from 42% who viewed it positively in May 2019. (Six in ten today say they view socialism negatively, including one-third who view it very negatively.)
#28
The Nightmare That Is Socialised Medicine
RomanceRadish 2 years ago
That would be a few hundred to a few thousand dollars with insurance (depending on the plan and other issues you've had in same calendar year), or multiple thousands without insurance. Add in an ambulance ride or overnight stay, it's easily into tens of thousands and upward.
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
I just can’t imagine being hurt and needing help - and having the extra stress of medical bills :( I was in a car accident last year, they brought me to the ER, I was fine but they wanted to transport me to the next closest hospital for an MRI just in case (I live in an extremely rural area, the closest hospital with an MRI machine is almost 3 hours away.) They told me this at 9pm and said the ambulance would be here for me at 7am, then left me alone in the hospital room for the night. I said “f**k this I want to go home” and just got up and left. No bills to pay, no consequences 😅 I know that was a d**k move to the hospital staff and I do feel bad, but I was in mild shock at the time and just wanted to go home to my kitties. If I was in the US I wouldn’t have been able to just get up and walk out, there would have been bills to pay 😅
Load More Replies... jeff adams 2 years ago
The Veterans Administration is an example of Socialized medicine. I've never been treated as well in a civilian hospital!
Kay Kelly 2 years ago
I got a call from the VA (my husband had applied for benefits over 3 years earlier). I had to tell the rep that he had died and wouldn't be needing their services.
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Shannon Mallory 2 years ago
One of the many many reasons we're working our tails off to send our daughter to college in Europe, to get her out of here.
DrGirlfriend 2 years ago (edited)
One of my twins is a heart patient.. his cardio and echo appointment are around 18k every six months.. his surgery was near a million at Boston children's. At 6 weeks old. I have medical issues that I cannot afford. My son staying alive is all that matters to me. I'll die with over a million in debt..
Mama Penguin 2 years ago (edited)
My uncle recently had a sudden medical emergency and had to spend days in an intensive care unit. His ambulance ride and ICU stay cost him literally nothing. Government insurance fully covered them. If he were in the US, he'd be drowning in medical debt right now.
#29
This Is Getting Bad
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
It’s a sad state of affairs when an educator with two Masters Degrees makes nearly half what a bartender, who doesn’t need more than a high school diploma and a good memory for drink recipes, is able to bring home. (Definitely not slighting bartenders here, so don’t go getting your hackles up. I’m glad you can make a decent income. You can be the unofficial psychologists and conflict managers for your patrons. I’m just highlighting how little education, for the students and their teachers, seems to be valued when compared to a job that doesn’t require a graduate degree—-or two.)
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Andy Frobig 2 years ago
That's 25¢/hr more than Burger King is paying in my area. Any institution offering this for a teaching job deserves to be closed permanently
VodkaInMySweetTea 2 years ago
My first teaching job paid $19,000. At a fancy private school. That's barely $9/hr. I quit after one year and became a secretary for almost double the income.
Indigocat 2 years ago
Yup. Case and point: I actually make more per hour working in an office than what she was offered. Bizarre and really sad. No wonder they can't keep teachers. We go to school because we want to teach and end up getting out of it because we're super passionate about not starving.
DrGirlfriend 2 years ago
I taught special Ed for a short while.. that don't count for the summer, teachers are forced to pick up another job that cannot interfere with teaching. Or find a seasonal position teaching.
jeff adams 2 years ago
When I got out of the Army i was making more money than my teacher mother with a masters in education and 25 years in the profession.
#30
Seems Obvious
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
I think cannabis should be legal and taxed, but the government made a huge mistake waiting this long to do it. The decades-old illegal infrastructure makes it cheaper and easier to get weed the old way, and states like California and Oregon aren't anywhere near reaping the benefits they expected from legalization
Tim 2 years ago
Eh, the old ways will go away fast. The leukemia is that it's still illegal federally, so there's no good way for the wealth to be tracked, taxed, and used because banks won't touch pot money with a ten meter cattle prod.
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Anti 2 years ago
I feel so much agreement with the critiques here, but it seems like everybody's hoping for top-down solutions. What grounds are there for hoping for that in the US?
Telepathetic 2 years ago
Make it so they can't pass their higher taxes on to the customer in higher prices
JMC5003 2 years ago
Vote. Get active in local politics and educating others against the constant flow of false propaganda we're force-fed in the US. Change will only occur when a groundswell of people get angry enough to act. It's a difficult thing to do when all your energy is going to just staying housed, fed and clothed. The powers that be know this. IMO, that's why so much effort goes into convincing people that poverty is a personal failure, rather than the natural outcome of unfettered capitalism. Shame prevents many from speaking out.
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Atero 2 years ago
Why not? You can easily get alcohol therefor, why not weed or any other drug for that matter? Point is in getting it out of the black economy. If people interested in getting high - they will get drugs anyway but at least they will know what they are getting and . On top of just tax revenues you can build whole industry around it (production, sales, control, medial help).
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“I Don't Think Getting Married At 34 Instead Of 24 Is The Reason My Generation Can't Buy Homes”
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
My friend’s parents bought their home in the 80’s for roughly $90,000. It is now worth $2.2 million. They’d love to sell and pocket the profits so they can finally retire (they’re both still working in their 70s) but they don’t want to have to move away from their family and friends, and every other house in their neighborhood is also $2,000,000+ so 😅 (its Vancouver) so that sucks for them lol
Alex Martin 2 years ago (edited)
First house, 1188 Sq feet, Diamond Bar, Los Angeles County, California. 1998: $169,500. We sold it in 2004 for $330,000. Current price: $741,000. In 1998, I was 24 and a second year teacher who worked summers at Disneyland and my wife was a low-level manager at Border's Books. It was tight but we figured it out. Today, it isn't remotely possible for people with those same jobs to own that home. My teacher salary in 1998 was $33,000. The current salary for a 2nd year teacher in my old district is $55,408.
barbiW 2 years ago
Seems like CA has high prices on lots of things. Housing was always high out there.
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Hear Me Out!
BravePanda 2 years ago
I am a recent cancer survivor and my husband was able to care for me due to leave time being donated into a pool. If he had to work, I would have needed to manage horrendous chemotherapy complications alone while caring for a 7 year old during the the early months of the pandemic. Ridiculous.
BetterBitterButter 2 years ago
That's so messed up! And great name. Suits you.
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Tabitha Osika 2 years ago
My sister and her husband lost their first born child at 23 days old. His jib allowed him 5 days off to grieve instead of the usual 3. She was in NICU her entire short life (at the hospital he worked at) so he would visit on breaks but still had to take time off. His coworkers donated their PTO for the rest of the year (she passed in September) so that he could have at least 2 weeks to grieve. We are a terrible society.
Tamra 2 years ago
That is indeed terrible. I would argue, though, that those kind souls who donated their PTO are also a part of our society, but I get what you mean. I believe there are wonderful people in our society, but our government is s**t. I am sorry for your family's loss. Losing a child is unimaginably painful.
Load More Replies... Kevin Humble 2 years ago (edited)
Here's one to make american heads spin. In the UK you get like 25 days a year (plus public holidays) and as many sick days as you need... But - when you are on holiday or sick they work out how much overtime pay you would have received for that time (based on your last 3 months earnings) and then they GIVE YOU IT... yeha - on holiday and still get paid overtime for hours you didn't work.
Isaac Harvey 2 years ago
I've had brain cancer since August 2013, and I'm thankful that my 15 months of chemotherapy were over before 2019, but I also know that many individuals were(are) nowhere near as lucky.
#33
Pay Nurses Properly
BetterBitterButter 2 years ago
And someone has to say this even after the pandemic we witnessed?
Kevin Wilcoxon 2 years ago
And hire enough of them to properly care for patients. That's their #1 gripe.
Adam Jeff 2 years ago
Yes, he holds all kinds of crazy views like 'working people shouldn't have to rely on food banks to survive' and 'people fleeing war and torture should be treated with empathy'. Mental.
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Any Narrative Claiming Our Current Inflationary Environment Is Due To Anything Other Than Price Gouging Is Disinformation
Alsoomse Catori 2 years ago
Rich people: how do we keep the people in line and working for us and also keep the dwindling fuel supplies for ourselves?
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Especially for the oil industry. Fossil fuels are a finite resource, and they’re now having to drill deeper to pump dirtier crude that costs more to clean and refine. If they were smart, they’d throw in the towel and join the clean energy crowd. Otherwise, they’re going to go the way of the carriage makers, who didn’t adapt and retool their factories, when automobiles became affordable. You can’t put dig in and stay in the past. You have to move forward, or you will perish. When it comes to Big Oil, though, I can wait for it to finally become as extinct as the dinosaurs they’re pumping out of the ground.
Natural Born Tourist 2 years ago
Not counting the damages they inflict on climate and environment!
Yet Another Thomas Moore 2 years ago
The only thing is, this COULD be attributed to supply and demand, but it's definitely not inflation, and it's at least partially price gouging.
Brett Layton 2 years ago
Does anyone else notice that gasoline is quietly and slowly creeping back up to the 5$/gallon mark again? At least here in California its trending that way.
#35
Culture War Is A Big Distraction
Paul Neff 2 years ago
It is misdirection, so we don't see the real crimes being committed behind our back. The left wing and the right wing, are on the same bird.
WaffleLord 2 years ago
Couldn't have said it better. Instead of us bickering over people from Mexico coming into our country, or a current president, let's focus on the real problem. The rich.
Load More Replies... jeff adams 2 years ago
Hi, neighbor! You wanna borrrow my ladder? I dunno. Who'd you vote for?
#36
They're Not Wrong
Enlee Jones 2 years ago
America is three rich guys in a trenchcoat pretending to be a country.
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago (edited)
At least they’re not pretending to be 3 owls 😮💨 I’d be out of a job and possibly a coat. Jokes aside though, this is a massive problem. W/iPhones.
Load More Replies... Keller Worthen 2 years ago
About a month ago, the city shut off the water to my house. Why? Our landlord didn't pay the water bill. I went a day with very little water and no flush toilet because somebody decided not to pay the bill that the contract required them to pay.
Mental Liberals 2 years ago
Amerika is not a democracy - it was a Republic. However, it's been an oligarchy for many decades...
#37
Every Single Time
Mental Liberals 2 years ago
socialism, keep taking from others (middle & poor classes) until there's no more to take...then look for someone else to take from. Amerikan politics
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
That's capitalism. Socialism is when you all chip in together to afford things.
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The Very Definition Of Insanity
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
For the last, oh, trillion years or so, yes. Ever since we crawled out of the slime. It’s just that some are still slimy.
Shannon Mallory 2 years ago
We've been seeing it since the Reagan administration spent 8 years quietly gutting the system that supported a robust middle class, while hiding it all under 8 years worth of trying to stir up a war anywhere. He managed to change the entire political philosophy of the Repukelickin' party.
#39
The Propaganda In Us
Alsoomse Catori 2 years ago
The people have been conditioned since Nixon that this is how they're supposed to live by the rich.
jeff adams 2 years ago
When Nixon was elected, I thought Satan was in the White House.
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#40
Give Me Your Poor, Your Tired
Justin Smith 2 years ago
Yes this s**t hole country does. But dont discredit what this kid did.
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
It’s absolutely amazing and brave what he did. I wish other kids who had to go through this got the same celebration.
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Monica Lopez King (Moni) 2 years ago
I protested the children detention center in downtown Houston, Emancipation st, where kids were detained for experiments while their parents were deported back to Mexico, el Salvador etc
#41
#richpeopleproblems
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago (edited)
I feel you, girl. The feeling of paying double in rent because the bank doesn't think you could pay half of it for a mortgage. With stable and decent paying jobs even.
Linda Lee 2 years ago
It's now common for landlords to require 3 times the monthly rent income to be approved for an apartment.
Load More Replies... Becky Samuel 2 years ago
The number of people outraged by a woman putting on a dress was so ridiculous. The world is going to hell, millons of people are displaced from their homes, economies are tanking, but hey, look, a shiny dress!
#42
What Are Your Thoughts?
Alewa 2 years ago
Well...please explain WHY a living wage for every job would not be healthy for society.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
No. YOU want that kind of society. You don’t have to live the life of a minimum wage worker, so you can go f**k yourself. You can get your own damned ice cream from now on, you cruel entitled B***H.
Enlee Jones 2 years ago
Because the guy who is good enough to make your ice cream cone isn’t good enough to be able to afford one for himself. Got it. 👍
Humansarethevirus 2 years ago
Oh my God must be another hypocrite Christian Republican they always want their food and their burgers but don't you dare ask for a livable wage how dare you think you should have the right to have a roof over your head food in your belly healthcare decent transportation
Mam cymraeg 2 years ago
Every job should have a living wage why us this even an issue for sone people
Dolly_of TheCowboy 2 years ago
They want slaves. Honest to God slaves so they can treat them how they want and when they die from neglect go back to the slave store and say "one slave please" and repeat ad nauseam
#43
"Oh Gee, We Wish We Could, But Where Would We Find The Money?"
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
It’s because they’re playing a zero sum game. In their selfish, warped, and corrupted little minds, they think that any tiny crumb of the pie that someone else works hard, and scrimps and saves to get is a crumb ripped from their own greedy mouths. Even though it’s a big enough pie for everyone to have a satisfying slice of, they’ll never be satisfied with anything but taking and hoarding the WHOLE damned pie for themselves.
jeff adams 2 years ago
I'm an old white man and I hate what these old white men are doing. It's time for a new generation to be in charge.
Load More Replies... Kate Jones 2 years ago
And this is why there should be age limitations on working in high govt office. Not that there aren't a number of young idiots out there too- on both sides. But at least we can stop allowing our health and financial decisions to be made by people it doesn't affect. Some 80 year old guy who wishes he could go back to when he was younger and blacks had their own bubblers, shouldn't be making decisions on people's rights and laws. Someone who is old enough to live before the Equal Rights amendment should probably not be making decisions for women's rights, healthcare and bodies. That person is still wondering why women are allowed to be out of the house. They don't know how a woman's body works because they've never had to.
#44
Monopoly Power
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Especially when one subtracts reasonable regulation as well
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#45
Still No Tear Gas Though
Edgar 2 years ago
In France, votes are counted in front of people. Everybody can come and see.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Remember, the US has a very tiny, but loud and obnoxious nutjob minority, who can only count until they run out of fingers and toes, and who would do their best to f**k up the count. To avoid distractions, make sure all doors and windows are locked. Make the windows out of bulletproof two-way mirrors (like in police interview rooms), and the walls and mirrors thick enough to be soundproof. That way, the counters can concentrate and the voting results will be accurate. And timely. No matter what b******t the onlookers may try to pull.
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#46
Who’d Want To Bring A Kid Into This World Anyway?
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Late Boomer here (1960). I wanted all those things too when I was your age. Only, back then, I was always the only one at work who asked to have it. It made me very unpopular, which made my work life even worse because of retaliation, and I ended up having to job hop more than I planned to. Every time I got a new job, I went into it hoping it would be different this time and I would be there until I retired. But all companies were pretty much the same sweatshop as the rest, especially back then. So you’re not the first to want it, but you’re the first to have a majority, instead of one lone outlier like me, very loudly demanding it. Don’t back down, because you’re actually getting the ball rolling. There’s resistance, yes. There always will be. But keep putting the pressure on the bastards, plus pressure on politicians funding labor boards and writing labor legislation, and they’ll eventually have to cave to keep their companies fully staffed and running. The irony is that the CEOs and other suits in the executive offices, will have the revelation that paying livable salaries won’t break their banks. In fact, it will most likely increase their sales, as people will have more money to buy their f*****g products. Just make sure they don’t decide to tip the balance back their way by raising prices sky high (like they doing now, but the Treasury guys do seem to get it), and gouging people out of that extra cash. We’re all counting on you.
Tamra 2 years ago (edited)
Well hey, the Republicans got your back in Texas... they're proposing at 40% reduction in property taxes to married *heterosexual* couples, who have never been divorced, who have at least four kids, and whose children were born *after* the wedding. The more kids you have, the bigger your property tax reduction. Remember...only if you're a hetero couple with children born after your marriage. So, be a good little Christian, go forth and multiply, and you'll be rewarded. 🙄
Humansarethevirus 2 years ago
Exactly and those hypocrites christians Will use their children as house slaves Babysitting siblings They will be abused by them cause christians love to abuse and sexual abuse it's Christian fascist America
Load More Replies... Humansarethevirus 2 years ago
And conveniently the Christian fascists forcing women in poverty to give birth the greedy republicans hypocrites. The evil cults love more poverty abuse babies deformed from drug addicted mothers. But hey whatever the Christian taliban wants!!!!!!!
#47
Sorry…
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
You know what I think they can do with their money? Roll it up, real tight, and shove it up their entitled asses. If they won’t, I’ll be more than happy to buy a pair of those long rubber gloves veterinarians use to shove their arms up cows’ and horses’ asses, and do that job for them. Anyone want to help?
#48
Oof
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago (edited)
I’ve been to rural Russia. Didn’t feel that different from rural Canada, except the vodka was homemade and much better. I don’t think we need to insult Russia and her people, just Putin.
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#49
When A Dystopia With Hungry Children Is Painted As A Feel Good Story
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
I’m 62. The basic school hot lunch,. that the lunch ladies in the cafeteria cooked and served, was always free, the entire time I was in public school. If you wanted extras, then you paid for them. THAT’S how it should still be! Oh, but I know the elite private school graduate m***********s in the GOP have worked hard since Reagan to chip away at school funding for the last 40 years. They could give a fat rat’s a*s if a school age child’s growth and brain development is stunted from starvation, just because their family is constantly struggling financially and can’t afford to pay for their kid to have a free hot lunch. They’ll blame the impoverished parents, making the minimum wage they have fought to keep from being raised since the 1990s, and not themselves. As always. Of course. Their consciences will always be clear, because they have NO consciences.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Yeah...but now the GOP and fans send kids to "Charter Schools", and want to use YOUR tax $ so they don't have to mingle with the lower class? HELL NAW!
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Bill Hankel 2 years ago
Look, I'm 61 years old and hate the GOP, too, but let's not pretend the "left" is any better ... those both absolutely suck! They're two sides of the same filthy coin. Virtually every member of Congress, whether an "R" or a "D", are millionaires, and if you think either side truly gives a rats rear end about you, you're extremely gullible. I vowed years ago to only vote for 3rd party candidates to try and end this two party pile of garbage we've had, and I will continue to do so until I die!
GEPowers 2 years ago
I don't feel obligated to feed other's kids - if you can't care for them may you should not have had them.
JMC5003 2 years ago
So you believe that children should suffer because of the actions of their parents. Real good christian values there... /S
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#50
Cause And Effect, Smoke And Mirrors
Vermontah 2 years ago
I don't care what they do with it. Some have a great story. Best one I heard was "Hey buddy, can you spare a $1 to help me get my yacht out of drydock?"
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago (edited)
Hahaha! My favourite one was “I need $1 to help get the boot off my Lamborghini” (this person was literally wearing garbage bags as shoes) - made me laugh, I bought him some McDonalds but like 😂 even if he was going to spend it on drugs or something - that’s fine with me! Being homeless really sucks, if my $1 can help you find some small moment of peace and relief, then take my $1!
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Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
Saw a guy holding a sign that said "I'll be honest. I need a beer and some smokes". I only had $5 in cash, but he got it all.
Allen Packard 2 years ago
That's laughable. Our "Media" lies to us every day about our terrible government. We are much more interested in the corporations that are stealing from us.
#52
If Non-Americans Wanna Know How Bad America Is, Just Look At How Many Gofundmes Are For Medical Reasons
Corvus 2 years ago
Errrm, no, in socialism, you'd have free healthcare provided by the state, which eliminates the need for relying on GoFundMe.
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#54
F**k, I Hate Living In The Us Sometimes
#55
Saddest Reality
#56
Makes Complete And Total Sense
#57
A Society Where Human Life Has Value?
#58
Its Not Fair
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Unpopular one here...at LEAST make the interest less usurious (daughter pays 12.25% on her private one). Should not be more than a mortgage rate.
Kate Jones 2 years ago (edited)
I worked full time all through college and also had a lot of scholarships. I lived on my own and paid rent while doing so. I got hurt my 3rd year and had to get incompletes for all of my classes, except one professor refused-despite how serious my injuries were. I was in the hospital for 7 months- and he refused to give me an incomplete and failed me. Because of that one jerk, I lost the option to apply for those scholarships for my last year. I had to apply for aid. It was 26 thousand and at 21 years old, I was able to pay 11k upfront from savings and took out a loan for just over 15K. That was 10 years ago. In 10 YEARS I have paid down 5K of it because of interest rates. I have paid between 180 to 227 dollars a month for 10 years depending on my pay (I am income contingent). Rent is so high that I can't save more than my minimum payment. The average of my payment, at $200, is 24K I've paid. I have MORE than paid my share, and I'm tired of hearing people give this argument that it's what we signed up for. Actually, interest rates aren't disclosed on fafsa contracts. At least, they weren't back then because they're variable.
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#59
Not Broke Due To Avocado Toast
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Clear cut case of the criminals blaming their victims for the crimes committed against them (the victims).
#60
Put Up Or
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
If the company donates their own money, they can get a tax break too (at least in my country). But it is booshizz.
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3rd Party For 2024?
Edgar 2 years ago (edited)
It's time people understand this. Democrats are just more hypocrites about it.
Alsoomse Catori 2 years ago
Politics are exactly like the Twix commercials. It's the exact same cookie just with 2 different labels of left or right.
Load More Replies... Kate Jones 2 years ago (edited)
Politics is like girls in high school; Republicans will call you names, bully you, spread rumors that aren't true about you and still claim they're true even if they can be proven wrong, they'll beat you up and tell you they want you dead right to your face. And the teachers will allow it because they get bonuses from their parents. Democrats will say they care about you but then sleep with your boyfriend and say some of those same things behind your back and claim they didn't when you confront them. They say you're their best friend but not a single one is strong enough to stand up for you because they're weak little babies and they run away when the fight starts
#62
Workers Did The Job After All
giggles 2 years ago
I freely admit to my naivety when it comes to "wealth" and the pursuit thereof, but when was the last time you saw a U-Haul attached to a hearse? You can't take it with you, so why not share? We are such a ridiculous species sometimes...
Death Metal Kitty 2 years ago
Well, there's your issue there... have you seen the funeral of anyone that's marginally wealthy? They damned well try bloody hard to take it with them, just so us plebs can't touch their precious wealth.
Load More Replies... Alsoomse Catori 2 years ago
Rich people: how do we legally own slaves in today's antislave market? It's not as if we can convince people to be our slaves for free...let's just convince them their free and give them less than the bare minimum so we can still hoard everything for ourselves and when they start demanding more we'll shift the blame to outsiders( imagrants) and say they're taking what the people want while we continue to take from them both 🥰😇
#63
Just Let People Have Food
Colin Matthews 2 years ago
yeah, just not sure the people working on the farms to produce the food want to work for free?
Atero 2 years ago
Farm is not the point in chain where bulk of the profit is made. I'm not sure about "farming" in general, but I know a lot about fishing and milk products which in theory should be similar if not more extreme. Value added through the chain (fishing) is approximately distributed as following: 20% - fishing itself. 30% - processing. 20% - wholesale and secondary processing 30% - retail If we talking supermarket chains - last 2-3 steps (depends on the chain) are entirely "home controlled", which means what said chains have their own processing and packaging and obviously sales. When you talk milk products - bottom line produces single digit added value. So if you think about it, farmers already "work for free".
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“Ask Corporations Why They’re Paying Their Employees Low Wages”
#65
Why Is Emt Pay So Low?
Libstak 2 years ago
And yet the attendance and transport costs are driving patients to bankruptsy....make it make sense.
M O'Connell 2 years ago (edited)
An ambulance costs $250000, not even including all the medical equipment inside of it. A cardiac monitor alone costs $40000. The alternative is to go back to the 1950's version of an ambulance which was essentially a taxi that could accommodate a stretcher.
Load More Replies... Andy Frobig 2 years ago
Wow, Chicago must be a lot cheaper than NYC. You can't get a studio in Manhattan or the western half of Brooklyn for that, and that's just allowing for rent
Anxious&Bored Bear 2 years ago
The employee, in this case, the emt, is only getting paid a small fraction for the service being provided. I don"t know what all the expenses are, but I bet the owners get a substantial profit off of each service provided.
#66
Student Loan Coliseum
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
Lately, most stadiums are paid more by government grants than student loans. Worth remembering that the NFL allows 8 home games per regular season
#67
Before Elon Deletes It
Justin Smith 2 years ago
She can't just sue without one of the workers asking.
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Stupendous Work
Colin Matthews 2 years ago
In balance to this, who the hell would be a cop in big city USA? all those guns? madness
Christof Irran 2 years ago (edited)
"... who the hell would be a cop in big city USA?" Criminals, Nazis, Proud Boys, high school drop-outs, common disturbos, people who want to hunt "real game" - i.e. black people, and that's precisely what we ended up with.
Load More Replies... Libstak 2 years ago
Ok fair and that is a horrifying statistic, but in the interest of seeing the whole problem i also want to know how many days there were when no police were killed
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Fewer than 120 cops were killed in the line of duty in 2020.
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American Exceptionalism
Garry Cowan 2 years ago
Wife had an eye test the optician spotted a potential problem..she was seen in the eye hospital 5 days later.. completely free of charge .. universal healthcare works don't let them tell you otherwise
Lauren Lewis 2 years ago
That's crazy! They were able to get in within 8 months. I have to book my dermatologist appointment a full year in advance to make sure I get in when I need to.
Kate Jones 2 years ago
Universal health care would be fine if we simply put limits on what people can use emergency services for. People go to the hospital ER for a scratched finger. For something they can make an appointment at their doctor's for. I was in the hospital for a long period of time once, and part of my recovery was walking so I'd walk all around each floor just getting better at it. I used to hear a lot of nurse conversations just walking around. The things some people were there for...a woman was there because she had a cold. She literally was given 3 ibuprofen -marked up at a huge cost to the taxpayer because she did not have insurance- and was told to get some cough medicine at the pharmacy. She had to pay out of pocket for that and yelled at the doctor.
#70
Broke-**s Willy Wonka Musk
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
And those who proclaim themselves capitalists got there from the sweat and tears of those below them... and yet... say Social Security is a ponzi scheme. It is not.. what it is, is the pension you all REFUSE to provide them for the labor they provided to make yo a*s rich.
#71
Some Prisoners Earn Just 10 Cents An Hour For Their Work
Colin Matthews 2 years ago
correct , many of the USA prisons are essentially slaveholdings run for the benefit of corporations who get cheap labour
Anxious&Bored Bear 2 years ago
And charge the government for each occupied bed.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Same excuse antebellum plantation owners made against abolishing slavery.
Kate Jones 2 years ago
I'm going to get smacked for this, but I'm not entirely against prison labor. I just think it should benefit the communities they offended and not a corporation. Doing landscaping of public parks, roadwork, etc. and maybe even setting up trips to spend time with lonely elderly people, playing games with them (for nonviolent offenders of course), etc. can help to give them skills they can use to get a job once they're out and maybe even a different perspective and purpose. They should be paid a full wage, but the money they make can only be used toward programs like education services, rehabilitation services/therapy, and basic commissary. Anything leftover when they get out should go toward lowering the tax burden on the state. I say this because I struggle. I know prison is no picnic, but if I'm forced to be productive to society and put in an 10 hr day to survive, I see no problem with making those breaking the law work at least a part time job every day.
#72
Respect To Gen Z
Alsoomse Catori 2 years ago
This reminds me of the "letter" I got for my child's school attendance for missing too much school. Each and every one had a doctor's note for being sick and only a few for anxiety(I am strict on taking the day off if you wake up with anxiety). I was being lectured about it while the teacher held the letter and I interrupted with my "I'm strict about taking the day off for mental day when anxiety or depression or stress overwhelms my child". The topic was dropped and the letter tucked in under my child's work for the quarter. I threw it away cuz I'm not going to read garbage, it belonged in the trash.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Or better yet, that letter belonged in the recycle pile. To become toilet paper.
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#74
So, In Other Words, Capitalism Sucks
Kate Jones 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure my boss just reads emails all day and goes to meetings. Seriously. Her office is right next to my cubicle and I don't think I've ever seen her do anything else. She also doesn't know how to do my job. She's a perfectly lovely person, really nice and fights for us on issues we bring to her. But anytime I have a question regarding the actual job process, we have to ask our assistant manager. There has never been a time I have looked into her office and seen her doing anything but reading/responding to emails or on her phone. I missed the day in school where we learned how to apply or get these jobs.
#75
“…in Case Anyone’s Wondering How Seriously We’re Taking The Climate Crisis”
Kate Jones 2 years ago
The entirety of student loan forgiveness is 400b in total --it would literally change almost nothing for the average taxpayer. Only the superwealthy would actually see a larger tax, and it is miniscule. It's less than a days worth of interest in their savings accounts. For perspective, the Iraq War (2nd one) was 1.4 trillion dollars, and the annual tax burden was 184 dollars to the average american. ANNUALLY. That's 3 dollars a week. For a war most of us didn't want. We had no say in where those funds were spent. I don't care if you worked hard and are rich. I applaud that. I don't even care if Elon wants to play with Twitter and buys it with change he found in his couch cushions but are we really giving people cr@p for wanting loans paid that some of us have paid twice over because of predatory interest, for less than the 5 cents it would cost us to do it? Shoot, I volunteer to pay 10 dollars and cover 200 of the decenters, okay.
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Edgar 2 years ago
The problem is greed, not capitalism. Very few countries are not capitalists. Even China has a capitalist economy. But it's the social policies that make the difference. But they are possible in a good economy, induced by capitalism and free market.
Colin Matthews 2 years ago
yes large corporations now have too greatcan influence on politics
Load More Replies... Gabby M 2 years ago (edited)
I think it's interesting to compare the US with other developed/socialist nations. The United States is a relatively newer country, at least newer than most European countries. People and history tend to follow patterns. If you look at different European countries from a couple hundred years ago--when they were as old as the US is now--they had similar systemic injustices seen in the US today. But through the process of revolutions, political upheavals, and many social reforms, European countries have evolved into more progressive societies. (At least, I assume.) The US in many ways is just beginning that journey. It's like comparing the success of someone in their 40s with someone in their 20s. Dismantling systems of inequality, that are deeply embedded within a nation, takes time. More people are becoming aware of the systems, which is an invaluable step in the process of reforming the system.
Danny Fox 2 years ago
It's literally capitalism. Everyone disagreeing is a privileged nonce. Capitalism must die.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
There are many good points here. We need to remind politicians that they work for us. If you don't pay your people well, if the richest countries in the world don't care for their most vulnerable, danger and violence is the result. We know this.
Kevin Camp 2 years ago
Is it capitalism? Or is it the people you've been voting for that have raised taxes and reduced services to the point you cannot live there any more?
Iustin Vreme 2 years ago
one thing is sure: knowing how idiots they are, they didn't get those ideas out of thin air; they are just the mobile part that is changed every 4 years due to planned obsolescence.
Load More Replies... Edgar 2 years ago
The problem is greed, not capitalism. Very few countries are not capitalists. Even China has a capitalist economy. But it's the social policies that make the difference. But they are possible in a good economy, induced by capitalism and free market.
Colin Matthews 2 years ago
yes large corporations now have too greatcan influence on politics
Load More Replies... Gabby M 2 years ago (edited)
I think it's interesting to compare the US with other developed/socialist nations. The United States is a relatively newer country, at least newer than most European countries. People and history tend to follow patterns. If you look at different European countries from a couple hundred years ago--when they were as old as the US is now--they had similar systemic injustices seen in the US today. But through the process of revolutions, political upheavals, and many social reforms, European countries have evolved into more progressive societies. (At least, I assume.) The US in many ways is just beginning that journey. It's like comparing the success of someone in their 40s with someone in their 20s. Dismantling systems of inequality, that are deeply embedded within a nation, takes time. More people are becoming aware of the systems, which is an invaluable step in the process of reforming the system.
Danny Fox 2 years ago
It's literally capitalism. Everyone disagreeing is a privileged nonce. Capitalism must die.
Agnes Jekyll 2 years ago
There are many good points here. We need to remind politicians that they work for us. If you don't pay your people well, if the richest countries in the world don't care for their most vulnerable, danger and violence is the result. We know this.
Kevin Camp 2 years ago
Is it capitalism? Or is it the people you've been voting for that have raised taxes and reduced services to the point you cannot live there any more?
Iustin Vreme 2 years ago
one thing is sure: knowing how idiots they are, they didn't get those ideas out of thin air; they are just the mobile part that is changed every 4 years due to planned obsolescence.
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