@alphanerd4M to US Authoritarianism • 1 month agoHalf of America Makes Less Than 35kimagemessage-square189arrow-up11.2Karrow-down144cross-posted to: aboringdystopia
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minus-square@snekerpimplink15•1 month ago“But if I pay my workers more, then I won’t get to have my third house and second yacht, and I’ll have to get rid of my secret second family. And think of the poor shareholders.”
minus-square@go_go_gadgetlink10•1 month agoOh it’s gotten way more overt than that. You’re talking about plain old greed. Low wages are about power. “If I pay my workers more they will have savings and that means they can quit if I treat them badly and they might open up a competing business.”
“But if I pay my workers more, then I won’t get to have my third house and second yacht, and I’ll have to get rid of my secret second family. And think of the poor shareholders.”
Oh it’s gotten way more overt than that. You’re talking about plain old greed. Low wages are about power.
“If I pay my workers more they will have savings and that means they can quit if I treat them badly and they might open up a competing business.”