Chetzemoka

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, when Meta bought it, I warned my group friend chats that the second they start trying to monetize it, I'm going to whine until they all switch to Signal. Guess it's time to start nagging

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

You're splitting some seriously irrelevant hairs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because there was a short time where that wasn't happening, which proves that it's possible. I can amend my statement to "these days just like they did back in the gilded age" if that helps somehow?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah way too many people don't recognize the methods of passive genocide as being such.

"We're not going to put you in death camps per se; we're just going to lock you out of every effective means of social and financial advancement, continually reduce the amount of money you're able to make to feed yourself, and also refuse to feed, shelter, or clothe you. What's the problem? It's not like we're putting you in death camps."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm not sure I understand your point here. Yes, Andrew Carnegie made money by exploiting workers. That's why that period of time saw the birth of the American labor movement. Which is also why these workers are going on strike.

I'm glad you agree with me?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

(I'm really referring to times since the modernization of stock valuation since the other comment refers to technical financial data like EPS.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Yes but one of the primary ways corporations are making money these days is by not hiring enough workers and not paying current workers 3x the salary even though they're expected to do the work of 3 people. So in that way, her salary IS directly tied to exploiting the workers

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