In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top 10 percent

Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by gleenn on Sunday October 14, 2018 @07:41PM (#18216296)

I believe that's exactly what's under contention, some people think corporations should not have as large windfalls in the name of spreading that wealth more generally.

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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by mbrumlow on Sunday October 14, 2018 @09:20PM (#18216734)

Then people should simply stop buying their products.

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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by scaramanga on Sunday October 14, 2018 @10:05PM (#18216922)

Or they could just have their charters revoked and their assets seized. Corporations have no rights, not even the right to exist.

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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by jjeaff on Sunday October 14, 2018 @11:02PM (#18217130)

Corporations are owned by citizens. Those citizens have constitutional rights. Siezing the assets of a corporation = siezing the assets of a citizen.

To not have such an elementary understanding of how things work is just baffling to me.

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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by scaramanga on Thursday October 18, 2018 @01:36AM (#18246143)

Yes. People have rights, and those rights come with responsibilities.

And again, yes, corporations, individuals, criminal gangs, they can all have their assets seized at various times and under various conditions.

I'm not sure which part of that you think is news to me.

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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by ddingus on Monday October 15, 2018 @12:34AM (#18217398)

Those corporations operate under license.

Said license comes with terms.

Said citizen has a voice in those terms same as everyone else.

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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by _m96l on Sunday October 14, 2018 @11:36PM (#18217240)

What are you talking about? Everyone knows corporations are owned by tiny white men wearing tuxedos and monocles.

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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by hedvig on Sunday October 14, 2018 @11:20PM (#18217180)

Simply huh? Or a good majority of people share a belief in a mixed-market economy that includes sensible regulation on enterprise.

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