• Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    If you were actually against theft you would be against Bezos Musk and Gates stealing billions in profits from the people who are working for them.

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      1 year ago

      You have no idea what you are talking about… profits aren’t theft, paying people less than the money you make from their work also isn’t theft. Being worth billions because the stock market values your ownership in a big company as worth billions also isn’t theft.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        paying people less than the money you make from their work also isn’t theft

        Why would someone agree to sell their labor for less than it’s worth thonk

        • Chriskmee@lemm.ee
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          What you are worth is less than the profit you make. If a company paid you exactly the money they made from you, they would make no money and cease to exist. It’s really not that complicated.

          It’s like asking why do stores sell products for more than it costs them to buy. It’s such a simple question that even you should know the right answer.

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              1 year ago

              Because that’s the only way it will work? How do you expect businesses to exist and pay bills when they make zero money?

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                  1 year ago

                  So we should just sell items for what they cost? Doesn’t matter if you spent all day working, you get nothing because you just sold everything for what it costs? That’s a better society?

                  Businesses first need to pay employees, that’s an obvious one, nobody is going to work for free. Then they need to pay for all the raw materials they buy, and the electricity, etc. If they can’t make a profit they aren’t paying any of those.

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        1 year ago

        The fact that you willingly debase yourself like this says everything that is needed to know about the system we live under.

        You are better than this.

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          1 year ago

          You realize rich people do pay income taxes just like the rest of us, right?

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              1 year ago

              They do actually, the problem is that when people talk about their tax rate they compare it to wealth, not income, and that isn’t how income tax works.