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Re:Amazon braces for another major round of layoffs, 14,000 ... by Refreeze5224 on Saturday January 24, 2026 @07:10PM (#46749168)
Markets are anti-human. Any economic system not designed for the well-being of human beings is anti-human. "Living standards" is a concept the owning class uses to justify their obscene wealth and promulgation of a system solely focused on profit.
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Re:Amazon braces for another major round of layoffs, 14,000 ... by 4er_transform on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @11:23AM (#46887783)
What is well-being to you?

You’re right: all things should serve humanity, including markets.

Rent-seeking behavior of any kind, including unions, including business engaged in rent-seeking, are anti-human.

Well-being needs to be properly understood though. Well-being is the state of being most sustainable and perfectly aligned with forwarding humanity.

That means valuable work that contributes to the progression of humanity, the circumstances that make reproduction viable and abundant, the resources to support cultivating oneself and others to your and their maximum potential serving humanity.

It doesn’t mean the ability to spend your days on the couch, or sitting on the beach, or devoting all your time to a hobby that does nothing to serve humanity.

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