• ilinamorato@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    2 months ago

    “I’m no expert” the man says, and then goes on to give a better explanation of economics than almost every “economic advisor” in Washington.

      • RozaŭtunoEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Line must go up, or the CEO gets no third yacht!

    • shneancy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      nonono, that’s the point, you don’t have to be an expert to notice that. In fact, you can be pretty stupid and still notice that rather easily

      more and more people are beginning to notice. In the years past the ruling class at least tried to be subtle, but as their arrogance rises the masks are coming off, let’s hope we still have the spirit of the french, because the wage gap charts are starting to look oddly similar

  • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    2 months ago

    My company made $5.5 billion profit in 2023. Last week we were told inflation is simply hitting us too hard for any raises for the 2nd year in a row.

    • R00botEnglish
      25·
      2 months ago

      I know it’s a lot easier said than done but find your union and join it. Convince as many of your coworkers to join as you can. It’s the only way to fight the system sadly.

    • ziggurat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Not defending them, but they need the line to go up, or else the person who decides your paycheck doesn’t get a raise

  • adelita2938@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Data collection for how far they can push humans. My money is people will pray to lottery Jesus while being grateful for their corpse starch, and being apathetic that grandma is being recycled because she missed too many days of work.