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Re:Amazon is handing out 'Thank you' t-shirts to warehouse w... by pietrovismara on Saturday May 16, 2020 @06:14AM (#23202177)
Yes. Rise all wages to the point where everyone can at least fully support a family with it. You know, like during the good times when capitalism was still generating prosperity beside the usual death and destruction.
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Re:Amazon is handing out 'Thank you' t-shirts to warehouse w... by deadgunslinger on Saturday May 16, 2020 @03:34PM (#23206511)
What an overstatement. We live in the most prosperous era of humanity. People have never had it better than today.
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Re:Amazon is handing out 'Thank you' t-shirts to warehouse w... by pietrovismara on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:09PM (#23214433)
It doesn't feel like that at all. More like we're on a sinking luxury cruise ship.
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Re:Amazon is handing out 'Thank you' t-shirts to warehouse w... by deadgunslinger on Sunday May 17, 2020 @05:41PM (#23215761)
Well, every single point of data we have disagrees with you, but someone is entitled to be pessimistic if they want to.
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