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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by jadedhacker on Sunday July 01, 2018 @10:40PM (#17438985)
Profits are also a side effect of grabbing surplus value from their workers. Just sayin'
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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday July 02, 2018 @01:02PM (#17443382)
No, not really. If only it were that simple.
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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by jadedhacker on Monday July 02, 2018 @10:28PM (#17447021)
It's trivially true. A worker produces something and gets a fraction of their value paid back to them. They would not have been hired if it were not so.
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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @02:40PM (#17452678)
That part is true, but that's not what you said. Getting profit from that surplus is something else entirely.
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