“One Does Not Earn A Billion Dollars - They Steal Your Wages”

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[–]beermeem 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

I agree that Bezos is a dickhead who should pay his workers more and not treat them like crap. I have plenty of problems with the way Amazon is run — the fulfillment center abuse, the website seller relations issues... if there are real issues, though, people should be class action suing the company. I’ve sued two employers successfully for breaking the law in how they treated me. That’s something you can do in a capitalist society that you don’t have the freedom to do in True CommunismTM .

But there’s a clear misunderstanding of capital here. Bezos does not “have” $1B, let alone having “earned” it.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Who has the money for lawyers to file suit?

Define " True CommunismTM " and what proof do you have that there's less, or, no legal recourse under it.

I agree the clever poster simplifies, and it might be more accurate as, "One does not earn a billion dollars. They exploit desperate workers in a matrix of rigged systems that do not even come close to fairly sharing the wealth or means of production, no matter how you define it."

But that doesn't roll off the tongue as easily.

[–]beermeem 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Who has the money for lawyers to file suit?

Define " True CommunismTM " and what proof do you have that there's less, or, no legal recourse under it.

Say that again.

Differently.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

That’s something you can do in a capitalist society that you don’t have the freedom to do in True CommunismTM .

I don't buy that. Courts and laws exist world wide. They're all rigged of course.

Totalitarianism (under one communist leader with the corporatocracy under him) and Inverted Totalitarianism (under one capitalist leader who's under the corporatocracy) is essentially the same thing for us plebs. Some countries share a little more wealth around for a while (a golden age) to build it up before they milk it to the max. Many in the West still hold the same views held in their golden age while "they" strategically dismantle much of it before the upcoming inevitable crash. However now that all the books are clearly rigged (see Catherine Austin-Fitts, etc) and false economic prevails (via Presidential Plunge Protecton Team), they may be attempting to collapse in slow motion - just as they've slow rolled into WW3 since 9-11.

"No one seems to notice, no one seems to care." ~ George Carlin

Most people just don't have any extra means to challenge much less win against their small time bosses up to giant corporations. I can't even afford to take my cat to the vet. The system, where ever you are, is always rigged in their favour.

[–]beermeem 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

You forgot ONE THING.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What's that?