• Willy@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    rice is essential. should it be more expensive than caviar?

    edit: I misread more as in more than the non-essential.

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      7 months ago

      That isn’t the argument. The argument is that they should be paid a living wage, not that they should be paid more than anybody else.

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        7 months ago

        Although, what does a corporate lawyer, wall street gambler, CEO, or congressman really contribute to society? Except stimulating the therapy industry with all the kids they fuck?

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          7 months ago

          They are negative contributors because they hoard money. Other people actually contribute to the economy by spending money.

          Oh, yeah, and every 10 years the markets crash because they’ve managed to repeal banking regulations or have accumulated too much risk to survive a significant downturn. Then the federal government bails them out?

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        7 months ago

        Uh, there was a whole family by that name on my street growing up. The dad was I think a finance guy. The mom was some ghoulish silicon valley law botherer.