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No, from my point of view this post is just another executive grift trying to make people feel better about why they do the things they do. Yes they live diffe

No, from my point of view this post is just another executive grift trying to make people feel better about why they do the things they do. Yes they live different lives, but they know they are different from their average worker, they just don't care about them. Making money and their success come above all. When they make these decisions it is not because they're out of touch. It is because they actively opposed people below them taking an inch. They know it fucks with them, they know they don't like it. They do it anyway. As an executive this person is excellent albeit trained at corporate speak. They're trying to gather sympathy for execs and it is all bullshit.

timewizard 2y ago
> Making money and their success come above all. How else would you want to motivate them? This is a for profit company after all. > It is because they actively opposed people below them taking an inch. In a functioning labor market with high mobility for workers they would just quit and find a better place to work. > They're trying to gather sympathy for execs and it is all bullshit. They're trying to hide the fact they've monopolized the labor market and they want you to assume this is all normal. It's a much higher level problem.
- bmicraft 2y ago
  > In a functioning labor market with high mobility for workers they would just quit and find a better place to work. > They're trying to hide the fact they've monopolized the labor market and they want you to assume this is all normal. It's a much higher level problem. Your labor market isn't all that special. The truth is that "a functioning market with high mobility" is just a myth. The market is functioning as intended: The ones with power under capitalism are the ones with capital - and they don't wish for things to change. You can try to level the playing field with laws, but that's incompatible with the "small government" folks.
  - timewizard 2y ago
    > Your labor market isn't all that special. It's the primary market underpinning capitalism. Otherwise it's just feudalism or slavery. So, I'd hope you believe it's special. > The truth is that "a functioning market with high mobility" is just a myth. There is absolutely no truth in what you just said. I'd have to ask what set of evidence did you examine to arrive at this conclusion? > The ones with power under capitalism are the ones with capital Yes. Wealth and capital give you an _advantage_. However it's not exclusive. It's why we recognize things like intellectual property and performance rights. It turns out there's /tons/ of sources of advantage in competition. > You can try to level the playing field with laws, but that's incompatible with the "small government" folks. The size of the government seems to have zero impact on it's willingness to enforce laws that are already on the books. Your thesis is thin and based on inherited cynicism. I cannot take it seriously.

timewizard 2y ago

> Making money and their success come above all. How else would you want to motivate them? This is a for profit company after all. > It is because they actively opposed people below them taking an inch. In a functioning labor market with high mobility for workers they would just quit and find a better place to work. > They're trying to gather sympathy for execs and it is all bullshit. They're trying to hide the fact they've monopolized the labor market and they want you to assume this is all normal. It's a much higher level problem.

bmicraft 2y ago
> In a functioning labor market with high mobility for workers they would just quit and find a better place to work. > They're trying to hide the fact they've monopolized the labor market and they want you to assume this is all normal. It's a much higher level problem. Your labor market isn't all that special. The truth is that "a functioning market with high mobility" is just a myth. The market is functioning as intended: The ones with power under capitalism are the ones with capital - and they don't wish for things to change. You can try to level the playing field with laws, but that's incompatible with the "small government" folks.
- timewizard 2y ago
  > Your labor market isn't all that special. It's the primary market underpinning capitalism. Otherwise it's just feudalism or slavery. So, I'd hope you believe it's special. > The truth is that "a functioning market with high mobility" is just a myth. There is absolutely no truth in what you just said. I'd have to ask what set of evidence did you examine to arrive at this conclusion? > The ones with power under capitalism are the ones with capital Yes. Wealth and capital give you an _advantage_. However it's not exclusive. It's why we recognize things like intellectual property and performance rights. It turns out there's /tons/ of sources of advantage in competition. > You can try to level the playing field with laws, but that's incompatible with the "small government" folks. The size of the government seems to have zero impact on it's willingness to enforce laws that are already on the books. Your thesis is thin and based on inherited cynicism. I cannot take it seriously.