Yes and no. I think the argument is to allow those to reach their full capabilities by removing necessities from the current economic model. Even more so when there’s enough to go around for everyone and still have those that do more to get luxuries. We have poor and starving people in the world because someone wants it that way, and it personally benefits those in power. I like the Star Trek example. All poverty had been solved by simply just providing everyone’s basic needs. Those that want more “work” for it but doesn’t make an individual who wants to live a simple life less deserving of food, water, and shelter. We currently create enough to provide this for every human but simply choose not to. And that level of greed when you are not the one at the top creates that feeling of running on a treadmill
Some people don’t seem to understand the meme and think this pie represents a companies whole revenue. This pie represents the revenue generated from an individuals labor. The current glaring issue with capitalism is that people think your employer is entitled to a slice of the labors pie. Your employer is entitled to Zero percent of the revenue you generate from your labor! But sadly the only reason the imaginary line in the stock market goes up is become employers and “investors” have stolen your value. While the meme is over simplified it’s accurate. Also your bosses/CEOs labor value is far lower than they would have you believe.
Shop local, give money to co-ops, unionize your work place, unionize your living space (renter unions are a thing.), volunteer as often as possible, give leftovers to the homeless if you regularly don’t eat your leftovers, VOTE, attend town halls when able, get to know your neighbors even if you don’t speak the same language or have a rough past with them, I can go on but these things can help at the local level and prevent the race to the bottom we’re currently stuck in.
No the employer is entitled to the value of the product or service. They are not entitled to the value created by their workers.
Your Second argument is false as well because they don’t get to pass on manufacturing and designing cost to the workers! That cost should be passed onto the customer. Your argument is lie that workers should have no work without the benevolence of their employers. If their work is so meaningless that the owners are entitled to the workers pie then way do the owners need them at all? It’s the reason why corporations always threaten to replace workers with machines or outsourcing but never actually do it. It’s because the true value in a for profit company is how much value you can steal from the lowly workers. In the machine threat, hiring a electrical, robotic, and software engineers cost more than 1000 minimum wage workers. But they can’t steal those engineers value because they are well educated and know their value. It’s what the 100% of the GOP and 50% DNC hate education. Education prevents exploitation… As for outsourcing all workers are catching onto the theft and are fighting back as well. Add in shipping costs, bad pr, taxes, and time, no way outsourcing will grow like it did in the 80s/90s/2000s.
One: because fascist would ensure their place at the top of the social/political/financial pyramid.
Two: because the world’s economic system lied to them. Being a morally good, hard working human guaranteed a comfortable life. In fact being morally good and/or hard working may actually be a hindrance to living a comfortable life.
Three: poor education and exploitation. Ever book that is banned or text book that says, “slavery was understandable in fact slavers are benevolent leaders saving the ‘others’ from themselves.” and you know, being used by those that actually hold power. Donald Trump would pretend to be the next Joseph Stalin if it ment he would be protected by those willing to do violence in his name. Just the fact that governments have" heads of state" means those that want to be president, king, prime minister probably should be allowed to be leaders.
Ya but making everyone else’s life more shitty ensures they are still “on top” in their eyes. It’s the same reason most confederate men fought in the civil war even though they didn’t own slaves. Ya their life sucked but at least they weren’t slaves. The moment more human beings get emancipated, be that from slavery, wage slavery, women suffrage, segregation, etc that means they have more competition in the flawed economic, social, and political systems designed around capitalism.
Doesn’t change the fact that it’s failing. Regardless of the crisis is real or imaginary those with money and power need those who create their wealth to always be in survival mode. They don’t have enough power in Germany to create the crisis in the free market economic side, but they sure as hell can pay politicians to cut social investments programs while not increasing wages to get the workers in survival mode.
The World Health Organization said Sunday it had led an assessment mission to Shifa hospital in Gaza City and determined it was a "death zone," urging a full evacuation.
… while Blinken, playing both sides of the table, says no to a Gaza ceasefire but wants more aid sent to Gaza and France is sending armored vehicles to Lebanon....
Does this body part belong to a child, elderly person or woman? Whelp safe to say they weren’t terrorists. Additionally Gaza is a small place packed with people. If you don’t see someone for a while it’s safe to say they are dead and buried under a rubble somewhere.
This sounds like he and his son have a porn addiction and they work together to act as a deterrent. But I’m sure they just get around the “parental controls” they installed on each other’s devices.
Let me ask you something… If I threw Molotov cocktails through your windows while you and your family slept. Then built my new house on the ashes. What am I?
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed, more than 2,000 injured and nearly 1,000 forcibly displaced by Israeli settlers since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, the United Nations said.
It obvious we need to call things what things are in these situations. What Hamas did/doing is a war crime. What Israel is doing is genicide. All illegal settlements need to be removed.
Bingo! This guy just shot his own argument in the foot. (pun intend) “So if police have no obligation to protect the community they patrol than not having a gun should be a problem.” but simultaneously boot lickers will also argue they need guns to stop the methical bad guy with a gun. Remember everyone, giving the state/government a license to do violence will never just be used against just those “bad people / enemies” it will also be used to subjugate the citizens
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A teenager who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School will be sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole, a judge said Friday....
Life is the death penalty but humane. The actual death penalty is too flawed to ever be used. If you ever give the state the power to kill it will always be used against minorities, the poor, and innocent. This case is more cut and dry than most, but there’s still never a 100% chance that you have the right criminal and there’s nothing more final than death. Until the state can create a equal punishment for themselves when they get it wrong, there should be no executions.
It’s a tool, and for some people tracking calories and workouts is important. I find it funny that people shit on those that are trying to improve themselves.
Edit: I have a bodybuilder friend that tracks everything he puts in his body down to the milligram and every step and workout including reps. Is he a sad individual? I have another friend that needed both hips replaced and gained a couple pounds and is tracking their information. Are they sad? Sorry but dude, let people enjoy things and do things that don’t hurt others.
Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn’t have criminal intent when she said they were “brainwashed” after the 2020 election....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned....
How exactly does it undermine another states law. And do those state laws count only for residents of the state? Is a pregnant woman passing through a probirth state have the same legal responsibility? What if the fetus was consived in the state? What if I mail a pill to a man in a state and he misplaced the pill?
Republican presidents are always worse for the economy. It’s a low bar to cover, but at least democrats don’t cut as much from education, health care, and other social safety net programs.
The family of a Black high school student in Texas on Saturday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over his ongoing suspension by his school district for his hairstyle....
Republicans. They love to tell the “others” how to live their lives. Remember, there always must be a enemy or persons to fight or oppress. No one is safe, no matter who you are your demographic is on the chopping block, their just busy attacking the most recent emancipated group. Today is trans people and women, tomorrow will be the rest of LGBTQ+, after that Irish and jew.
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Opinion: Why do so many young white men in America find fascism ‘cool’? (www.latimes.com)
German government faces budget crisis (www.dw.com)
WHO says Gaza's Shifa hospital a 'death zone,' urges evacuation (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The World Health Organization said Sunday it had led an assessment mission to Shifa hospital in Gaza City and determined it was a "death zone," urging a full evacuation.
UN leaders say Gaza war must 'stop now' as reported death toll tops 10,000 (www.reuters.com)
… while Blinken, playing both sides of the table, says no to a Gaza ceasefire but wants more aid sent to Gaza and France is sending armored vehicles to Lebanon....
Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other's Porn Intake in Resurfaced Video (www.rollingstone.com)
It’s like watching a clown show. Maybe he should watch more porn and grow up.
Donald Trump Jr asked courtroom sketch artist to ‘make me look sexy’ (www.the-independent.com)
Israel-Palestine war: Settler attacks on the rise in West Bank villages (www.middleeasteye.net)
(...) Ben Gvir and Smotrich leading the charge...
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Settler Violence Against Palestinians in the West Bank Is Rising (www.nytimes.com)
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed, more than 2,000 injured and nearly 1,000 forcibly displaced by Israeli settlers since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, the United Nations said.
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Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice? (www.latimes.com)
UAW expands strike as nearly 9,000 workers walk off job at Ford's largest plant (www.upi.com)
Pope urges rich world to make profound changes to tackle climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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Oxford High School shooter will get life in prison, no parole, for killing 4 students, judge rules (www.cbsnews.com)
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A teenager who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School will be sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole, a judge said Friday....
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2 Michigan fake electors ask judge to drop charges, citing state AG’s claim they’re ‘brainwashed’ (www.cnn.com)
Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn’t have criminal intent when she said they were “brainwashed” after the 2020 election....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states (apnews.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned....
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California governor signs law requiring gender-neutral bathrooms in schools by 2026 (www.cnn.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring K-12 schools to provide gender-neutral bathrooms by July 2026....
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A Black student’s family sues Texas officials over his suspension for hairstyle (www.nbcnews.com)
The family of a Black high school student in Texas on Saturday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over his ongoing suspension by his school district for his hairstyle....
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