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Record profits are unpaid wages (mstdn.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I’m a socialist, generally vote for socialist or at least left-leaning candidates, support socialist policies and agree with the premise that record profits are basically unpaid wages.

But, seeing the hammer and sickle pop up in my Lemmy feed makes me really uncomfortable. I grew up under communism, and a good chunk of my family was killed and oppressed by people in uniforms with that symbol. To me it represents all that can go horribly wrong when socialism is stripped of empathy and compassion and married with violence and intolerance.

For me, it’s a bit like seeing a swastika. Really hard to get behind it, even though I know the symbol predates the NSDAP.

Is there really no better alternative for symbolising modern socialism?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Exactly! A profitable company is one about to hire more people and increase wages to be competitive in a diverse industry fueled by creativity and ingenuity.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Best I can do is pizza party, off the clock.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget the ping-pong table!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If there are less than 4 ping pong tables then I'm just quitting. That is a totally unacceptable number of ping pong tables. Why do companies think they can get away with not providing any ping pong tables? When I interview, my first question is where are the ping pong tables located? It's a huge red flag not to have any ping pong tables. I mean, what's the point of living if a man cant play ping pong? Dammit this country is going to hell

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

And no pizza left for night shift

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I might need a /s here, cuz I can’t tell.

If not: The most profitable companies are those that either: are monopolies (of the consumer and/or labor side), operate as banks, or operate as limited-liability speculative arms of banks.

No ingenuity required, only “I have money on hand, so I win”.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

The most profitable companies also do the utmost to treat employees as contractors and avoid paying employer taxes, social security and health insurance.

Uber is just waiting for self driving cars and will fire all their contractors the day it happens. Amazon will fire all their delivery guys once drones work as intended.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which of those is Apple? Is it really a monopoly?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Oligopoly. We are witnessing how useless the offices for competition have been for decades. And they punish borrowers with higher interest rates.

[–] mo_ztt 1 points 10 months ago

Via Big Bill Haywood: For every man who got a dollar he didn't work for, there's another man who worked for a dollar he didn't get.