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They produce the goods that we consume. We are the ones working in their marketing department, building their online stores, streamlining consumption. Then we g
by nicbou 10mo ago
They produce the goods that we consume. We are the ones working in their marketing department, building their online stores, streamlining consumption. Then we go home and buy stuff we don't need.
- n4r9 10mo agoThey only "produce" anything in an abstract economic sense.
- treyd 10mo agoThe productive capacity for the goods we consume was built by average people. Billionaires only exist to skim off the top, and are not a required component of the process.
- hashstring 10mo agoHoney, wake up, we’re living in the finance capitalism era. Also in this part of history, the majority of the goods you consume are NOT produced by your overlords. The goods are produced by labour. Not by speculation or by private ownership of the means of production.
- nicbou 10mo agoStarting a comment with honey does not prime the reader for polite conversation. Mind the HN guidelines.
- hashstring 10mo agoIt’s a pretty common meme template. It shouldn’t prime a reader for impolite conversation, especially given the HN guidelines.
- n4r9 10mo agoIt comes across as patronising; as if you think they're a sweet naive airhead that needs informing.
- hashstring 10mo agoThat’s your interpretation. There’s a non-zero chance that I do not think that they are a sweet naive airhead that needs informing.