As unions decline, inequality rises

Re:As unions decline, inequality rises by missedthecue on Saturday December 17, 2022 @12:51PM (#34030226)

I want society to get richer. I want poor people (in all nations including China, India, and Vietnam) to earn more money. This is not the same thing as wanting equality.

In that sense, no I do not support economic equality. Jeff Bezos owning 10% of Amazon worth $X billion does not effect my life in any way. If he owned 50% or 0.001%, instead my life would still be the same.

I'm not sure why I need to be upset about that.

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Re:As unions decline, inequality rises by eggsmediumrare on Saturday December 17, 2022 @02:06PM (#34031019)

The actual number is not upsetting, it's that 1) he achieved that number by exploiting workers (pee in a bottle, stay in the warehouse during a tornado, et cetera) and 2) not paying taxes.

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Re:As unions decline, inequality rises by kingboss on Sunday December 18, 2022 @11:22AM (#34039185)

It does affect you though. Cause Bezos then lobbies that unions are evil and does everything under the sun to keep wages low. Including yours.

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Re:As unions decline, inequality rises by missedthecue on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:06PM (#34040425)

Amazon led the way to $15

Bezos could do that with $100 million. Lobbying is not expensive.

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