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Why would Amazon pay one more penny than they have to? To win a nice guys award? To get a warm, squishy feeling inside? There is precisely one solution to this

Why would Amazon pay one more penny than they have to? To win a nice guys award? To get a warm, squishy feeling inside? There is precisely one solution to this problem, and it is us electing leaders who change the rules in favor of the working masses, and enforce those rules mercilessly against exploitative employers.

needToSay 9y ago
It's easier to throw the rainbow homo propaganda flag and call it a day.
snoman 9y ago
People deride unions, but collective bargaining has also been a very effective solution in the past.
- gkya 9y ago
  And that's why people deride unions. It's a defence mechanism.
  - untog 9y ago
    ...why would a defence mechanism for worker health be something people deride?
    - gkya 9y ago
      To weaken it, so that it has less people and less power, and is not respected by the rest of the population.
pjmorris 9y ago
Why would anyone with sufficient money and organization to support a candidate support one who would change the rules in favor of the working masses?
- newfoundglory 9y ago
  Not everyone is a sociopath.
  - saas_co_de 9y ago
    Just everyone with power
    - jessaustin 9y ago
      It's a process of selection...
- notduncansmith 9y ago
  For the same reason the mouth passes food to the stomach instead of keeping it to itself. The same reason we remove tumors from the human body. The whole organism (or in the case of human populations, superorganism) depends on nourishment flowing through the whole organism, not concentrating in small pockets.
andrepd 9y ago
Or stop putting band-aids in a fundamentally broken system, and change it altogether.
- mkolodny 9y ago
  To... what?
  - andrepd 9y ago
    We haven't reached the peak of human wealth distribution systems with a byproduct of the fall of feudalism. Let's rack our brains, I'm sure we can figure something.
    - Tiksi 9y ago
      Instead of being cryptic and beating around the bush, why not suggest a system if you've already racked your brain and figured something out?
nnain 9y ago
> To win a nice guys award? To get a warm, squishy feeling inside? Why not? There are plenty of well-natured, kind people in the world. The price of being not nice is quite high.

needToSay 9y ago

It's easier to throw the rainbow homo propaganda flag and call it a day.

snoman 9y ago

People deride unions, but collective bargaining has also been a very effective solution in the past.

gkya 9y ago
And that's why people deride unions. It's a defence mechanism.
- untog 9y ago
  ...why would a defence mechanism for worker health be something people deride?
  - gkya 9y ago
    To weaken it, so that it has less people and less power, and is not respected by the rest of the population.

pjmorris 9y ago

Why would anyone with sufficient money and organization to support a candidate support one who would change the rules in favor of the working masses?

newfoundglory 9y ago
Not everyone is a sociopath.
- saas_co_de 9y ago
  Just everyone with power
  - jessaustin 9y ago
    It's a process of selection...
notduncansmith 9y ago
For the same reason the mouth passes food to the stomach instead of keeping it to itself. The same reason we remove tumors from the human body. The whole organism (or in the case of human populations, superorganism) depends on nourishment flowing through the whole organism, not concentrating in small pockets.

andrepd 9y ago

Or stop putting band-aids in a fundamentally broken system, and change it altogether.

mkolodny 9y ago
To... what?
- andrepd 9y ago
  We haven't reached the peak of human wealth distribution systems with a byproduct of the fall of feudalism. Let's rack our brains, I'm sure we can figure something.
  - Tiksi 9y ago
    Instead of being cryptic and beating around the bush, why not suggest a system if you've already racked your brain and figured something out?

nnain 9y ago

> To win a nice guys award? To get a warm, squishy feeling inside? Why not? There are plenty of well-natured, kind people in the world. The price of being not nice is quite high.