They’ve lobbied they way into creating a system there they have practically no bounds.
I mean, they even found a way around human rights and labor laws with prison slave work and even getting laws signed in some states in favor of child labor in the US. And that’s only in the US. In some other countries where manufacturing was moved there are literal slaves and children doing the work.
Then there’s the whole enshittification where they change the ingredients or the process to use the least material as possible to cut costs, selling food that barely passes for food and products that fall apart and break faster. Or hell, even have services now provided by some stupid AI. Oh and they also slightly reduce the amount per packaging as well thinking we won’t notice.
Then after they turn around and charge big bucks for that crap. It’s shameful. But they got the governments in their pocket.
I mean, they even found a way around human rights and labor laws with prison slave work
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” (emphasis added)
I don’t think they really “found a way” around it insomuch as they explicitly continued to allow it in the text of the 13th Amendment. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!
even that doesnt tell the story well enough, blaming “corporate greed” is too impersonal. corporations are made up of flesh and blood real people making conscious choices that help themselves and hurt others. the greed is human and the humans have names, THEY are collectively AND INDIVIDUALLY responsible.
When the cost of essential goods is increased beyond the rate of inflation and the company in question subsequently reports all-time record profits, and those profits are going to people who are already in the top 10% of wealth holders whose daily lives aren’t actually impacted by not having that extra wealth, that’s greed harming the lives of everybody else. When someone working a standard 40 hours a week is asking for a cost of living raise because their current wage is below poverty income (which current federal minimum wage current is below that line), it’s basic human need to survive.
When the cost of essential goods is increased beyond the rate of inflation
Inflation is the measure of the cost of goods. You have cause and effect backwards here.
and those profits are going to people who are already in the top 10% of wealth holders
Wages are up across the board. Do you resent suppliers, warehouse staff, truck drivers, grocery employees, and distributors for making more money?
The only significant life changes that happened during the post-covid inflation was wages increasing. Hiring is up, wage pressure is up, union membership is way the fuck up.
Inflation happens because people have the money to support higher prices. It’s no more greed to raise prices there than it is for you to want to make more money.
We do have an issue in our society of wealth capture, and that’s a fixable problem we’ve seen steps toward. Wealth capture and inflation aren’t directly related or correlated, however.
I mean that would make sense if corporations were posting record profits and the federal interest rates weren’t at astronomical levels for the last 12+ months.
Replace “inflation” with corporate greed to understand the true problem.
They’ve lobbied they way into creating a system there they have practically no bounds.
I mean, they even found a way around human rights and labor laws with prison slave work and even getting laws signed in some states in favor of child labor in the US. And that’s only in the US. In some other countries where manufacturing was moved there are literal slaves and children doing the work.
Then there’s the whole enshittification where they change the ingredients or the process to use the least material as possible to cut costs, selling food that barely passes for food and products that fall apart and break faster. Or hell, even have services now provided by some stupid AI. Oh and they also slightly reduce the amount per packaging as well thinking we won’t notice.
Then after they turn around and charge big bucks for that crap. It’s shameful. But they got the governments in their pocket.
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” (emphasis added)
I don’t think they really “found a way” around it insomuch as they explicitly continued to allow it in the text of the 13th Amendment. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!
even that doesnt tell the story well enough, blaming “corporate greed” is too impersonal. corporations are made up of flesh and blood real people making conscious choices that help themselves and hurt others. the greed is human and the humans have names, THEY are collectively AND INDIVIDUALLY responsible.
Do we get out the guillotines yet?
FFS. We’re just gonna take this lying down, aren’t we?
Dammit.
Interesting take
When the cost of essential goods is increased beyond the rate of inflation and the company in question subsequently reports all-time record profits, and those profits are going to people who are already in the top 10% of wealth holders whose daily lives aren’t actually impacted by not having that extra wealth, that’s greed harming the lives of everybody else. When someone working a standard 40 hours a week is asking for a cost of living raise because their current wage is below poverty income (which current federal minimum wage current is below that line), it’s basic human need to survive.
Inflation is the measure of the cost of goods. You have cause and effect backwards here.
Wages are up across the board. Do you resent suppliers, warehouse staff, truck drivers, grocery employees, and distributors for making more money?
The only significant life changes that happened during the post-covid inflation was wages increasing. Hiring is up, wage pressure is up, union membership is way the fuck up.
Inflation happens because people have the money to support higher prices. It’s no more greed to raise prices there than it is for you to want to make more money.
We do have an issue in our society of wealth capture, and that’s a fixable problem we’ve seen steps toward. Wealth capture and inflation aren’t directly related or correlated, however.
I mean that would make sense if corporations were posting record profits and the federal interest rates weren’t at astronomical levels for the last 12+ months.
True. And government inflation does directly put money into banks, leading to more corporate profits