Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agoIf the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167message-squareIf the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarecrashfrog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoCan you describe their “power over the economy”?
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoUhm. They control the price of things. They control wages. They control different markets, like the housing market. They control land development and energy. You know, things the economy relies on.
minus-squarecrashfrog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoHow do they “control the price of things”? Or wages?
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoThey raise the price and refuse wage increases. Are you not familiar with how a corporation works?
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 days ago… they sit on the board of the major companies and say, “we need to raise prices.” Or “we need to decrease wages.”
Can you describe their “power over the economy”?
Uhm. They control the price of things. They control wages. They control different markets, like the housing market. They control land development and energy. You know, things the economy relies on.
How do they “control the price of things”? Or wages?
They raise the price and refuse wage increases. Are you not familiar with how a corporation works?
… they sit on the board of the major companies and say, “we need to raise prices.” Or “we need to decrease wages.”