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Re:Different ways to build a $100M business (2014) on Monday April 01, 2019 @09:28AM (#19543001)
1) Exploit labor.
Might want to update your user name, Diogenes slept rough
Free market capitalism has never existed and will never exist.
The decommodification of housing is the only tenable solution.
Re:Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @03:08PM (#19434446)
The way I heard it best explained is no one would try to start a union if it made them less money.

Better pay and benefits - my maximum out of pocket was lower than most deductibles. Democratizes the workplace - really helps keep management in check. You get real job security - firing is much less arbitrary with a steward fighting for you.

However, if people aren't active in union elections, bargaining etc. it can get really stale really fast

Capitalism is just so absurd.
Re:MIT Hacker Tools: a lecture series on programmer tools on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:10PM (#19082772)
this is insanely ambitious, and in a weird order
De-commodify housing.
Re:Idle Hands Are the Dreamer's Tools on Saturday April 21, 2018 @03:47PM (#16893045)
Something went horribly wrong when we started demanding never ending work weeks and 24/7 attention to work.