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No one said anything about dehumanization. It's your prerogative to disagree to what extent that line of thinking is based in reality. It shouldn't be your pr

No one said anything about dehumanization. It's your prerogative to disagree to what extent that line of thinking is based in reality. It shouldn't be your prerogative to see comments like that deleted because you disagree with them. This article is talking about the labor-shareholder profit split. It's absolutely relevant to point out the opportunities normal people have for becoming shareholders. stockpile.com let's you buy fractional shares (no longer need 2k to buy a share of amazon) for a 99 cent commission. You can get commission free ETF's from Schwab with a couple hundred $ account minimum. Arguing that most workers are so strapped for cash that they literally cannot set aside a few bucks to invest -- and not only that -- that arguments even hinting at such a thing should not even be said out loud, is mind boggling.

s73v3r_ 8y ago
"No one said anything about dehumanization." I did. "It shouldn't be your prerogative to see comments like that deleted because you disagree with them." It absolutely should be everyone's prerogative here to see comments that disagree with reality deleted. "It's absolutely relevant to point out the opportunities normal people have for becoming shareholders." It is. The comment you're talking about did no such thing, and proceeded to blame poor people for not doing so based on a viewpoint that is completely divorced from reality. "Arguing that most workers are so strapped for cash that they literally cannot set aside a few bucks to invest -- and not only that -- that arguments even hinting at such a thing should not even be said out loud, is mind boggling." Arguments that have no basis in reality are not being done in good faith. Arguments like the one you're currently trying to defend exist solely to blame the poor for being poor, and to make the person feel smugly superior that they're not poor, even though the difference between them and the people they're complaining about is usually just dumb luck.

s73v3r_ 8y ago

"No one said anything about dehumanization." I did. "It shouldn't be your prerogative to see comments like that deleted because you disagree with them." It absolutely should be everyone's prerogative here to see comments that disagree with reality deleted. "It's absolutely relevant to point out the opportunities normal people have for becoming shareholders." It is. The comment you're talking about did no such thing, and proceeded to blame poor people for not doing so based on a viewpoint that is completely divorced from reality. "Arguing that most workers are so strapped for cash that they literally cannot set aside a few bucks to invest -- and not only that -- that arguments even hinting at such a thing should not even be said out loud, is mind boggling." Arguments that have no basis in reality are not being done in good faith. Arguments like the one you're currently trying to defend exist solely to blame the poor for being poor, and to make the person feel smugly superior that they're not poor, even though the difference between them and the people they're complaining about is usually just dumb luck.