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I've thought about his often, too, but I am of the opinion we can all thrive together or die together. As much as I would love to have 20-million in the bank, l

I've thought about his often, too, but I am of the opinion we can all thrive together or die together. As much as I would love to have 20-million in the bank, live off interest, and have the working class cater to my every need, it's an absurd dream. I want the bottom of the barrel to lead a dignified life if they're willing to work a full-time job. If the upper, upper-middle, and even middle class have to readjust, then so be it. The working poor need to stop subsidizing others. It IS a difficult problem, but if the answer from anyone in leadership is others should work full-time and not be able to go to the doctor when needed or buy a crappy condo or worry about food...then those people need to step aside from their positions and allow someone else to at least try (and when I say leadership I'm talking about those that allocate capital and pass laws/policies). I am a big believer that work for work's sake has no virtue, it is better to die on the side of the road than work for peanuts (it's anti-labor and makes the world worse).

postexitus 3y ago
So next time you are purchasing something, do you promise not to look for the cheapest option, but the one that pays a good wage to the supply chain? As long as people make purchase decisions based on price, they will be part of the problem.
- gryfft 3y ago
  "Yet you participate in society! Curious! I am very intelligent."
  - postexitus 3y ago
    Oh - stumped. Were you in the debating club?
- firstplacelast 3y ago
  No, I don't. It is about bottom-up accountability. Expecting top-down accountability is stupid and a recipe for an unhappy life. We need to teach people to stand-up for themselves, not expect those above them to eventually accommodate them.
  - postexitus 3y ago
    Well, when they stand-up for themselves, cheaper labour (whether it's non-unionized / illegal immigrant / offshore ; you name it) comes and provides an alternative and people price hunting do actually enable them. In a free market the price signal will sort the bottom out. The only solution is top-down accountability, government enforcing rules, tariffs etc. and consumers voting with their wallet (kind of happening with ESG stuff now). But as people try to find the cheapest of everything, amazon and the like who works people to death and prevents unionization and what-not will prevail.

postexitus 3y ago

So next time you are purchasing something, do you promise not to look for the cheapest option, but the one that pays a good wage to the supply chain? As long as people make purchase decisions based on price, they will be part of the problem.

gryfft 3y ago
"Yet you participate in society! Curious! I am very intelligent."
- postexitus 3y ago
  Oh - stumped. Were you in the debating club?
firstplacelast 3y ago
No, I don't. It is about bottom-up accountability. Expecting top-down accountability is stupid and a recipe for an unhappy life. We need to teach people to stand-up for themselves, not expect those above them to eventually accommodate them.
- postexitus 3y ago
  Well, when they stand-up for themselves, cheaper labour (whether it's non-unionized / illegal immigrant / offshore ; you name it) comes and provides an alternative and people price hunting do actually enable them. In a free market the price signal will sort the bottom out. The only solution is top-down accountability, government enforcing rules, tariffs etc. and consumers voting with their wallet (kind of happening with ESG stuff now). But as people try to find the cheapest of everything, amazon and the like who works people to death and prevents unionization and what-not will prevail.