Sociopath Businessman Tells The Truth About Capitalism

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[@durere]

In the words of George Carlin: "The upper class keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class pays all of taxes, does all of the work. The poor are there just to scare the shit out of the middle class. Keep 'em showing up at those jobs"

[@davidcaubergh6349]

This aged like fine wine, unfortunately.

[@durere]

@@davidcaubergh6349 didn't really age in any way, it was true then and its true now. And I'm pretty sure this system has been in place for thousands of years if not longer. It may be an offshoot of the human condition, not just capitalism.

[@user-zo1tk5we3j]

Well said

[@HenriqueRLima-vz7ny]

@@durere I'd just add that the poor also do the work - most of it, actually - while the 'divide' between middle-class and the poor was invented to do the scaring which also further divides the broader worker class, as if we weren't all on the verge of homelessness. Also, if that gives you any hope, i'd argue that collective iniciative is much closer to what we'd consider human nature rather than greed or individualism, which mostly relates to scarcity and brutalization of human dignity brought about by capitalism and past exploitative economic policies. I mean, if we're here as a species after thousands of years it sure as hell wasnt because of war or slavery, but rather because of our efforts to stall or abolish it

[@ComedyROFLVibes]

​yes I should add that set on my channel as well. I LOVE George Carlin take on the world, humanity and all the BS really ❤

[@What_do_I_Think]

In the highest levels of corporations, the number of sociopaths and psychopaths is the highest in society.

[@VoiceOvaGuy]

Does that include politicians? Otherwise I think there's a step even further up.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

⁠@@VoiceOvaGuypoliticians are at the highest levels of corporations

[@yoeyyoey8937]

That’s where they all are instead of prison

[@yoeyyoey8937]

@@plainguy3567 you’re describing the traits of a psychopath. Truth is more people than you’d think have these tendencies, they just aren’t all competent enough or given the right opportunities to express them. What you’re saying is that there is a system in place which reinforces and rewards psychopathic people.

[@tuckerbugeater]

People at the bottom aren't any more kind when they actually have a shot at Power

[@CiderBearUntier]

Reminded me of that time my boss at the time told me that I "bought my house with *his* money", as if the miserable salary that he paid me was some kind of allowance. The funniest thing is - what he paid me was only enough to survive, the real thing that paid my mortgage was the art commissions I was doing on my own time. Working class really are modern slaves, the only difference between us and the ancient slaves is that sometimes we can choose our owners.

[@tenitarichards3203]

🤯

[@WaddleQwacker]

i had a colleague negociating a salary raise because he was barely making ends meets, had to pay basically a rent as student loan and was paid less than most people at same seniority and position. But as an answer, the boss asked him if he considered investing.

[@Ilovesushi123456]

Im an artist and this is my plan. Got to get those commissions because salary work just caps you and you get barley anything even though you do overtime etc.

[@cosmicllama6910]

@@Ilovesushi123456 and here comes the AI to help sociopaths rip off people like us, and even though they don't want to support us AT ALL when it comes to education, they sure want to tax our commissioned work once we have managed to become self-taught 🤬

[@tenitarichards3203]

@@WaddleQwacker The audacity of some people in positions of power. That was a cold hearted response to an employee trying to negotiate what more than likely sounded like a well needed and deserved raise. I hope that guy’s boss loses all his “investment money “ so someone can ask him had he thought about investing 🤬.

[@morganoox3838]

Imagine using someone else's money to buy a house someone else built, throwing a family out on the street so you can hike the rent, and make endless money by doing nothing but paperwork, then telling poor people they are poor because they don't work hard enough.

[@hellucination9905]

It's narcissism. They are deformed in their character and personality.

[@d.e.b.b5788]

Hey, Morgan, that's the American way!

[@vobchopper]

Hence why the UK economy as run by the Bank of England has raised interest rates 15 times in two years, causing pain to the poor, and the comments of the governor that pay rises are too high

[@morgengabe1]

Rich people tell poor people to budget like they even had a choice not to. And also like they don't pay people to do it for them.

[@lawshorizon]

Imagine using illusory billions in monopoly money (wealth they actually don’t have) borrowed from Uncle Rocke-Child’s legally counterfeiting bank to buy resources and property and sell or rent them at a profit -- then, in gratitude, selling your Uncle an estate with a defaulted loan on the cheap. ... Personally, I'd love to make my own bank and just loan illusory money to myself -- or very grateful associates, but still charging them interest.

[@adupthetotal782]

Wow. The most honest wager of class war for the capitalists I have ever seen.

[@billhicks8]

He's telling us all exactly what our human rights mean to him: absolutely nothing. I doubt he even considers a poor person much more than an animal.

[@alexjeffrey3981]

Reminder that Warren Buffett once acknowledged the existence of class war and said "it's my class, the capitalist class, waging the war, and we're winning" It's only workers lacking class consciousness that don't believe there is a class war. The capitalists know all too well.

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

What human rights? Conditions at work have only ever been determined by balance of forces.

[@MichaelMorgan-lk6ww]

That’s how I imagine they all talk privately or at their special conferences

[@alexjeffrey3981]

@@MichaelMorgan-lk6ww they legit do. Having worked with investors some are legit sociopaths.

[@Quazlor]

Keep us poor so that money flows up, keep us breeding so that we grind the cogs of the machine, keep us grateful to our masters so that we thank them for the scraps

[@anntifurz]

Give us death metal so we might forget

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

Ill remembered words of an old song: The rich man he died of the fat of the landium - Oh, helibilarium old Roger Rum - The poor man he died of the scraps from the rich mans' tableum - Oh, helibilarium old Roger Rum. There is nothing new under the sun.

[@jimmy_riddler]

Haven't you heard - it's trickle down lol

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

If only . . .@@jimmy_riddler

[@Fuji_9.63]

@@cujimmi tv adds.

[@hellucination9905]

The CEO just articulates his class consciousness. They ALL think that way.

[@cameoforfree5774]

Bourgeoisie operating within their own self interests. Classic Marxian analysis. Real class consciousness right here. lol

[@JulietCrowson]

No class just like the healthcare regulatory lawyers

[@dariosusu1529]

Nice pfp

[@JulietCrowson]

@@PennyWise-eu9nz patients suffer

[@JulietCrowson]

@@dariosusu1529 what's pfp?

[@matthewsaxe6383]

The problem the sociopath isn't dealing with is that so many jobs are paid so low that there is no motivation for employment.

[@LexFalk]

That's why they want to lower the unemployment benefits. They want you to have nothing and at the same time be afraid of losing that 'nothing'

[@jpofgwynedd3878]

I was made to feel (and had it said to me once or twice) that I was easily replaced. So I left. Within a month, my old boss phoned me to ask me to go back "if the new job wasn't working out." I told them that I was getting nett what I'd been paid gross, and for fewer hours at a better time for me. It was grand, thanks. Make me an offer. They replied that I knew what the terms and conditions were; my response was that they knew where they could shove THAT, do better. A couple of years later, I discovered that my position still hadn't been filled. Replaceable... yeah, right. We all need to realise this.

[@lcelosia3552]

Well done! And absolutely, we all have to collectively realise that we are worth more than the price arbitrarily put on our heads by capitalism.

[@SL-sd3sg]

I’ve done/had similar

[@zeckham100]

No hope in uk anymore you live in slums

[@hareecionelson5875]

Your story made me feel like when Miles Morales stops a canon event and Spider-Punk says "my man like Miles"

[@janetmalcolm6191]

No THEY need to realise. Many jobs are not filled because you can have your say on what you thought of your last job. Once you have left you have nothing to lose!! So do it! Let others know how bad it is and DON'T go there....

[@billtomson5791]

He started his first business with money from his grandfather. Another inspiring case of pulling yourself up by your parents' bootstraps. Ayn Rand would be proud.

[@timspiker]

I imagine his employees watched him say this and not showing up in the morning 😂

[@benzpinto]

such audacity, arrogance and hubris

[@controllerbrain]

You can start a business with very little these days.

[@night_city_nights]

@@controllerbrainbut according to this, he didn't. He started business with A LOT, his granddaddy's money. So I don't get the relevance of your comment. Another fake "self made" billionare. It's always inherited money then they talk about bootstraps or some bullsh!t.

[@Voytaz1985]

​​@@controllerbraingo simp for millioners somewhere else

[@lesfreresdelaquote1176]

That's really fascinating. As a Frenchman I tried for years to explain to foreigners why French unemployment was so high compared to other countries. The number of people actually working as a percentage of the workforce was actually higher in France than in the US (82% to 78%), but the unemployment statistics was double. In a country like France where political unrest was so volatile, a high number for unemployment was by design and most governments would explain how powerless they were to address the problem unless we would decrease social benefits or taxes on companies. Then the danger of moving jobs abroad became the ultimate weapon to keep people scared... However, things have changed for a very good reason. These policies have had an impact on natality and there is simply not enough people to fulfill all the positions anymore. People just don't want to work for a pitance in hospitality jobs, which are basically modern slavery. This guy just doesn't understand why people have become so arrogant. Capitalism is all about scarcity to push price up... Well it now applies to workers... Je suis mort de rire...

[@lyndseywilliams3618]

In the USA, you are counted as employed if you only work for one hour a week. In some countries, they only count you as employed if you are full time.

[@lb10003]

That’s happening here too, young people don’t feel secure enough about their futures so they’re not having kids.

[@sebas8225]

If i cant have a house or a lover i'll settle for a van and work here and there.

[@stargates9993]

Tout a fait

[@devinkipp4344]

​@lyndseywilliams3618 they also don't count you as unemployed if you've been unemployed for more than a year.

[@thehomeeclady]

If your business won't run without employees, then the employees run the business. Not the other way around.

[@nathanielguggenheim5522]

Should be so... but isn't. It's only about power.

[@nathanielguggenheim5522]

@@PennyWise-eu9nz the latest scare...

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

What this Sociopath is basically saying, is the SAME THING that Hollywood is saying about the Writer's Strike..."Let them go without work for a long enough time and they'll come crawling back"

[@andrewgreeb916]

if only they had a product worth selling

[@MajorLawliet]

​@@andrewgreeb916If you are talking about writers, they've always had. Entertainment is one of the most important parts of life for the simple reasons of mental health and emotional maintenance. Why do you think simple games existed even tens of thousands of years back?

[@DocKrazy]

​@@MajorLawlietobviously this person doesn't value writing. He couldn't write a proper sentence after all, judging by the lack of punctuation at the end of his statement.

[@deusex9731]

​@@MajorLawlietits so funny, people consume art in different forms literally every second, complain when things arent good, but dont value it at all

[@sebas8225]

Without morals ethics and principles good luck having value in your life.

[@William_995]

We live in a deeply scaring, horrific system. It's just so messed up

[@MegaKapo12]

Its only scarry if you afraid of it and dont understand that is what gives them power.

[@MichaelYianni-sn3wm]

Call it what it is. Out right abuse!

[@user-rn1ws5id8h]

​@@kevanbodsworth9868No, it's willful ignorance and cowardice which allows people to be manipulated.

[@William_995]

@@kevanbodsworth9868 I don't think most people even understand the depth of how messed up everything is, most just take it for granted or they just don't want to or they can't because they have to get through the day and the next day and so one , which is just another example of how messed up things are

[@William_995]

@@MegaKapo12 I mean part of the power they have is the vast populace having so little, it's not really about being afraid or not being afraid. Not when the police and judges are on their side, when they can enact laws, and one man owns a satellite that rivals what governments have. When like mentioned in this video they are working to keep us impoverished and desperate so we'll keep eating the shit sandwich they serve. I hope things change I want to things to change

[@dimaknopf]

Dont ever fall in to the trap that "youre replaceable." Sure eventually someone might step up to take your spot but if everyone quits their jobs tomorrow your value instantly goes up. Same in relationships. Know your worth.

[@mjt1517]

But not everyone will quit their jobs tomorrow. So you don’t have that as leverage.

[@Noadvantage246]

Yeah you can’t use hypothetical leverage. You need real leverage, which means you need to grow your skill set and value to the company until you’re ACTUALLY irreplaceable. Easiest way to do this is leave the machine of corporate America. Join a small business with ~100 people or less. It’s much easier to become genuinely irreplaceable in that kind of environment. Plus they tend to appreciate you more anyways

[@TheSteinbitt]

You are replaceable.

[@lanthanumlanthanium6373]

@@Noadvantage246 See what you said there. You are advocating for small businesses which are the integral portion of the middle class. Cronyism wants to get rid of the middle class, and other leftist economic travesties encourage demolishing the middle class like its some boogeyman, without explaining in any economic logic as to why it's bad, just saying that it reminds people to keep working or they end up poor which isn't logical since there's no proof of that concept when you compare countries that are socialist like Cuba, Laos, China ect. that are even more corrupt and poor when you look at their homeless and quality of their infrastructure due to embezzling projects causing low quality supplies of projects. Small businesses bridge the gap with competition and allow for money to be put back into communities, help create more jobs and the opportunity to become a large business while maintaining healthy competition. Innovation is possible since there's no oligarchy amongst other businesses when you're a small business, which creates the incentive to innovate better products and services.

[@randal_gibbons]

Whoever cares the least holds the power.

[@markeberle3984]

Healthcare in America is the biggest noose around our necks. Never saw a politician ACTUALLY give a sh!t about making changes.

[@naejimba]

It's because they are doing the most lobbying, which is just a fancy way of saying legal bribery. At this point the politicians might not even write the legislation, often times the corporations do that work for them (how nice) effectively allowing them to regulate their own industry. They are more than willing to put up with the additional cost and headache because it limits competition from smaller competitors (destroying the free market in the process). Of course, the bills are always so long and they are not physically given enough time to read it in full before voting, but how else are you supposed to sneak a bunch of stuff in there that no one notices? TLDR: they make A LOT of money ensuring it doesn't change, and until that is dealt with nothing can.

[@steliana26]

honestly, you'd be better off without what passes for healthcare here

[@mattmathematics3591]

There are a few bernie sanders for example

[@kevinvillanueva137]

biden capped the cost on insulin

[@rally_chronicles]

Buy insurance. You'll be fine

[@eldrago19]

I think he should test his theory that employers aren't lucky to have employees by trying to do all the work in his company himself.

[@TrentRidley]

Right?... Let's see how much money his company can make next quarter through nothing but his own labour.

[@maxentirunos]

@@TrentRidley And then you have billions companies like Nikola that get billions without shipping a single product out, only marketing.

[@gonkong5638]

@@maxentirunos If there is no one work then no one gonna use their marketing product.

[@hellucination9905]

The hubris of the capitalist class is mind boggling.

[@MyWatchIsEnded]

Slave masters don't concern themselves with hard labor or with their slaves if they could force them to do the hard work for nothing. He doesn't need to lift a finger when all he has to do is say a command and the slaves obey and they're not allowed to disobey under penalty of death. Homelessness, starvation, debts, etc. All he has to do is point a finger and the slave masses will do his bidding because they are afraid of what he can do to them. This is how a small rudder on a ship controls a gigantic vessel. He doesn't need to be strong or powerful except in regards to his authority and influence over the workers. From his perspective he is doing all of the work because he is making all of the slaves do his work.

[@thehandseesall]

The most shocking thing about this story is that anyone is surprised

[@timspiker]

Yes exactly, I always knew it was like that. I've never attempted to work under anyone. It's either fair, or it doesn't go.

[@PierreLucSex]

Lol indeed

[@hufficag]

We need to make people like him feel the pain of unemployment. Feel the physical pain of going hungry and sleep deprived and losing his house. We need to make him lose contact with his family and never see them again. All the things he's in favour of.

[@timspiker]

Agreeed!

[@simon_does]

This is not the way. Violence begets violence, be stronger and smarter than that please.

[@hufficag]

@@simon_does Then don't use violence. Do it gently.

[@simon_does]

@@hufficag The original comment I replied to says and I quote "Feel the physical pain of going hungry and sleep deprived and losing his house.". What are you talking about?

[@chriswebster839]

​@@simon_doesthe OP never suggested violence, they said that he should feel the consequences of what he's suggesting should happen to half the population. I see nothing wrong with that. People like him have no concept of empathy, so have to actually experience what other people experience for themselves.

[@kikijewell2967]

Withholding someone's basic needs to force them to work is torture. Money is torture.

[@sebas8225]

Get rid of usury in your life and control your biology it fixes 99% of problems in the modern age.

[@JADiaz10]

Greed is one of the seven deadly sins for a reason. It’s absolutely insane the way these people talk about regular people.

[@magikclaw7458]

This is why they need to be stripped of everything and removed from power by all means necessary. They are a threat to the species.

[@benjaminduval6054]

I think it comes down the details. Without something to do all day, people would get very bored. So they look for people to provide “something to do.” Like work. We do have to get away from the notion that work, or even hard work, is necessarily a bad or difficult thing. Done right, it can provide a sense of pride and fulfillment-while not simulating torture.

[@kikijewell2967]

​@@benjaminduval6054I was a stay at home mom for a number of years. I never worked so hard in my life. I was never paid.

[@eleanorburns8686]

"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?“ Winston thought. “By making him suffer”, he said. “Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation."

[@yvonnegair7564]

Exactly. The wrong headed power and greed driven. Will always favour war inflicted on the ordinary citizens of nations. Than find a way of talking respectfully to avoid war or resolve a current conflict. Then even when problems aren't resolved the powerful has gained in oil/ weapons/ rebuilding infrastructure profits.

[@frankshailes3205]

Eat the rich.

[@profbri.02]

Who's Winston?

[@leopoldbienkowski-gibbs917]

@@profbri.02 A character in 1984 by George Orwell

[@MrKongatthegates]

The stick is way cheaper than the carrot

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

Went into this thinking the video title might be hyperbole. It wasnt. He genuinely is a sociopath.

[@Jonas-gl9ke]

Went into your comment thinking it might be hyperbole. I was correct.

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

@@Jonas-gl9ke I'm very happy for you.

[@davidtracey5471]

@@Jonas-gl9ke🤡

[@snarkdragon]

That kind of thinking is part of the reason (probably a small part, for that matter) why these psychopaths end up in power. No rational person is willing to believe that these sorts of monsters even exist for the most part, never mind accepting that they control so much of the world. And so, no one bothers trying to fight back or stop them, because there's no way such a person can exist in the world. And yet, here they are. If there's one thing I've learned to be absolutely true in my half-century on this Earth, those in positions of great power are the greatest danger to humanity at large. Human life is just another resource to expend in their own quest for more wealth and power. In short, human life means nothing to these parasites (and I do not use that term lightly, these 'people' are intent on hoarding EVERYTHING for themselves). Those with great wealth and great power will ALWAYS want only two things in the world; more wealth and more power. And they will kill any number of people, destroy any number of lives in the pursuit of this goal.

[@hellucination9905]

​@@snarkdragon You are right. It's a form of narcissism. It's deformed, it's degenerative, it's parasitic.

[@brutaka5058]

This is just proof of how versatile you need to be in this economy: move every 2 years so you look experienced, have multiple resumes for multiple jobs, and always have a back up plan. Don’t expect they’ll give you a raise or that you can move up, I’ve yet to see that in my own life.

[@sebas8225]

Also live like no one else

[@timspiker]

@@sebas8225 Basically in order to do that you gotta slack and not work at all... Which I am 😂

[@mjt1517]

You may not get promoted because you only stay at a job for two years. 😂

[@timspiker]

@@mjt1517 Imagine staying there your entirely life and not getting promoted 😬

[@brutaka5058]

@@timspiker or you work at a company with a bunch of slackers while you plan your great escape while gaining experience

[@cartomancycarmen]

Best thing about hitting rock bottom is that you no longer fear the fall. Once there you can build the life YOU want and not the life your parents, professors, bosses want for you. And while down there people will leave you alone. There are plenty grants and other resources to take advantage of when u are under employed and you should take every “handout” just like these entitled trusts fund kids for with their family money and connections. Some think they’re too good for welfare yet receive other government kickbacks and bailouts…!

[@CreativeCache101]

All those hand outs are not the rich guys money, it's all the hard working working class people, and they'll hate you for it. They'd rather you got nothing.

[@godwantsplastic]

You don’t have to hit rock bottom to build your life your way. Fight club is not the Tao teh ching.

[@nathanielguggenheim5522]

This.

[@jameslawrie3807]

The funny thing is if you've ever spent time as unskilled or semiskilled they've always said this straight to your face.

[@ld8483]

Sadly unskilled so called work has been a label thought up to call work to justify low pay .

[@theunderdogmagazine]

So true, I was a factory worker and you see the true face of management

[@eyespy3001]

While I agree with you, it has to be noted that there is no such thing as unskilled labor. Even if you clean toilets, your skill is cleaning toilets. The owner of whatever company you work at cleaning toilets would probably fail at your job if you left.

[@Window4503]

@@eyespy3001True. Even if it seems simple, it’s amazing how much efficiency and how many little hacks people can develop over time.

[@jasonfanclub4267]

​@@eyespy3001true I suck so hard with cleaning my bathroom. So hard to get everything really clean how professionals do

[@johnwright9372]

60 years ago my father said conservative policy has always been to create a large pool of cheap labour. I hope today's young voters learn what their working class ancestors knew.

[@robertchapman6795]

It must be why Biden opened the borders! And all of the very left EU!?

[@toonarmy8524]

No the Eu created a large pool of cheap labour, poles and ukrainians were getting paid 3 quid an hour by unscrupulous bell ends cause that was a fortune to them compared to what they got paid back home. Ask Liecester city council lol.

[@fumbleBumble82]

Interesting though isn't it, with Brexit, surely why the neoliberals wanted to remain (I was an on the fence remainer, more so because I believe in cooperation over isolation), but surely they enjoyed the spoils of the importing of cheap labour from Eastern Europe, to boost up the economy (interesting to see how some of those eastern european economies have improved since, such as Poland), though James Obrien et al will tell you that you're a fool for thinking such thoughts.

[@simongb7897]

And yet the Left are pro immigration, so that doesn't make sense..

[@samsowden]

cheap *permanently available* labour

[@TheDanLCS]

"Desperate people are easy to exploit" - Wow...no one in the history of mankind ever tough of that...Truly a genius deserving of his wealth and power...

[@syntaxed2]

Create unemployment - Blame it on immigrants or lazyness. Thats how they create and direct the narrative, like an abusive narcissistic parent.

[@pneumaticFrequency]

I'm surprised he hasn't sold that real estate on his forehead. Corporate tool

[@dandyjesus]

Your comment made me chuckle. Thanks. I needed that.

[@kanedNunable]

his fivehead you mean? ;)

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

Sorry, Kalecki is already living rent-free there. 😉

[@Sommervillle]

hahahaha got him

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

It is reserved for my foot when I finally meet him.

[@hazelnut975]

Offer job security with a fair wage. It isn’t rocket science.

[@benghiskahn3673]

Do that and the capital class lose their power. Why would they want that? This is why collective bargaining is so important. Its all about the leveraging and extraction of power. The average worker has no power to leverage and cannot extract power through alternative means which is why the capital classes HATE unions and all other bastions of collective labour bargaining.

[@elephantman2112]

That's like asking a goldfish to go live on land. Their existence depends on doing the opposite.

[@billhicks8]

The goal isn't productivity through job security. The goal is total subjugation and domination.

[@ryanseddon4800]

I dont think the issue is that they dont understand what you are saying

[@hayleyxyz]

But they really need that extra billion tho

[@sybrix]

As someone with an intact sense of empathy and thus is capable of understanding what makes us human, sociopathic employers can grandstand all they want but the fact is if no one shows up to their shitty, toxic, health-destroying jobs then they can't make any money, period. After a certain point nothing is worth slowly killing yourself over. With the rise of remote work and the availability of limitless information for free online, people can and will opt out of a miserable life if they have other options, and most of us are waking up to the fact we don't have to play their game if we don't want to. You always have a choice, you always have options, and your worth as a human being is not tied to money. They want to make you think you'll be on the street without them, but there are many ways out of this system. You have to let go of the American dream, that's over now. Nope out of this system and preferably this country by any means possible, have a life worth living, and then die after living a life full of beautiful experiences. One that wasn't wasted on being mentally checked out of your miserable life working for a narcissistic piece of shit.

[@vladonutueu]

Well said!

[@zzc8505]

the fact is, "if no one" never ever happened and never will. And the fact is, this system leaves no options and no choices to people. There is no way out of the system UNLESS one can live without electricity, without water, without fire --- that's the whole point of owning the means of production. THEY own the means of production, so they control people. Maybe, one loner can survive somewhere in the wilderness, but it is unrealistic for the majority, especially families with children. So, stop spewing all these empty false-positivity "affirmations" and face reality.

[@shimrrashai-rc8fq]

@@zzc8505 Indeed - or else, you have to resort to some sort of "criminal for a good cause" means which while I personally would feel rather justified in using to "punch up" so long as it's not outright violent, is also one that practically, jail does a good job in deterring one from actually implementing.

[@aaronm.2718]

I like it all👍🏻✌🏻

[@sybrix]

@@zzc8505 It is happening, that is the phenomenon that happened when suddenly no one was showing up to apply to low-paying service jobs with no benefits during the pandemic. Those places are still having issues hiring and had to increase wages, because people used that time to re-skill and refused to participate in that shitty job market again. That is what happened when droves of people quit the healthcare system after its failure to protect its people from the virus and burnout, and tried to work people to death. The workers prioritized their health and sanity and left. The healthcare market is still understaffed now. Getting out doesn't mean living in a hut in the woods, you took it to an unnecessary extreme. Don't tolerate abusive employers, dust off your resume and LEAVE. Wait til you have another job lined up, but gtfo, leave the employer a bad glassdoor review, don't sign their NDAs, tell all your friends to steer clear and watch them dig their own graves if they insist on operating like that. Stop telling yourself you have to put up with this shit. Train up for free online in higher-demand tech skills and go freelance and work for yourself, if you know another language build up a freelance translation clientele and work for yourself, sell digital items like 3D models, excel sheet templates, sewing patterns etc online for passive income and work for yourself while working part time in another low stress "regular" job. You can learn all that stuff and how to market yourself in each industry for free online. Supplement your income with gig jobs, or apply to jobs overseas and then fucking leave. English teaching overseas is in high demand if you're a native English speaker with any type of bachelor's degree and pays much better than any minimum wage job in the United States. No overtime, easy work. Most of those countries have socialized healthcare and lower costs of living. Leave. There ARE options, the problem is people are too stuck in the grind to see them. The best way out is to devise a way to work for yourself or in a low stress environment that isn't obsessed with working you literally to death for an extra 2 cents per stock share. LEAVE.

[@mrspare4460]

Wow, the levels of rage it's possible to feel from listening to this guy speak are really something.

[@PierreLucSex]

​@@PennyWise-eu9nz that's what they said about the second industrial revolution. Don't be such a naive toddler

[@ZentaBon]

@@PennyWise-eu9nzAI is gate kept by these same companies.

[@PhilosoG]

Tim G puts capitalism to the forefront of his mind, so much so that his forehead has become elongated 😂

[@WhatDooYouThinK]

😂😂😂 I've been watching for 2 mins and I couldn't hear anything, his head is too loud

[@SL-sd3sg]

😂. I felt sorry for him mum!

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Next stage will be the Charlie Kirk face-shrink ....

[@PORRRIDGE_GUN]

Snipers wet dream...

[@fumbleBumble82]

@@PORRRIDGE_GUN Gary Cheeseman!

[@martinallen9067]

Said it a few times. Visible destitution is a Tory policy

[@goliver3846]

Think you ought to stop saying it then.

[@mesolithicman164]

It's a Conservative government at the moment and we have roughly 5 million people of working age not working but receiving jobless benefits. Is that the tyrannical Conservatives you describe?

[@rey_nemaattori]

It's a uniparty system anyways, we're merely given the illusion there's a choice, but both Labour and Tories are hellbent on destroying Britain as a nation and turn it into some globalist wet dream of an economic zone.

[@f1mbultyr]

Labour wouldn't be any different. Same policies, different rhetoric.

[@Draomp]

​@mesolithicman164 it sounds like you're outraged enough to stand divided. Woop woop!

[@entrippyZ]

Try not to have kids before your ready, i worked a year in a factory and saw a lot of miserable people trapped there because they supported a family off factory wage and couldnt risk searching elsewhere. They know if you need them, and you never want them to know you need them, its supposed to be the opposite.

[@dinamosflams]

this dude explicitly told to the world how the labour theory of work works and that the most powerful capitalists on the planet know fully well of it and that they have a common consciousness against the workers everywhere

[@PierreLucSex]

It's not even new

[@chriswills9437]

Sells luxury properties to the 1%...its all you need to know to dismiss him really. Another self proclaimed genius.

[@alexsimpkin5620]

To quote Marx and Engels "Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!"

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Workers will never lose their chains. Someone will pay.

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

Sadly, the vast majority of people _do_ have quite a lot more to lose. Starting from a current standard of living, ending at actual life.

[@xyaeiounn]

But-but-but my options are live in chains or be terrorized by endless cannibal lawlessness! The chains keep me safe and there's good stuff on TV.

[@herewego034]

@@xyaeiounn And the fridge is not empty yet! :))

[@christinebeames712]

Didn’t do them much good when they did , did it!

[@kaleidojess]

I never bought the unemployment crap anyways, it doesn't put fear in my heart because I know what I am capable of, and regardless of what happens there is always a solution. These sociopaths are predictable.

[@laaaliiiluuu]

Fear mongering and totalitarian behavior like from these CEOs is a sign of incompetence. These people are just incompetent, thus they need to blackmail and cheat their way to the top.

[@OhAwe]

That's not how it works though, you're drinking the kool-aid.

[@cosmicllama6910]

One thing they haven't bargained for is just how many of us really *can* let go of the need for a house full of stuff. The more of us they drive into homelessness, the more small communities band together, living out of cars and tents and realizing the cost to be part of society wasn't worth it. By making it harder and harder to have nice things, they've only helped us get over our dependance on "stuff" to be happy. They will try to crack down on us when enough of us are doing it and growing our own food again, etc. but they are the ones driving us to it and helping us realize how much better living nomadically is, by refusing to provide things like affordable housing and wages that keep up with inflation.

[@The_Gallowglass]

Be a jack of all trades. When you're faced with unemployment, you always have something else to fall back on. Don't be afraid to lose their noose.

[@zzc8505]

@@The_Gallowglass @kaleidojess the reality is one cannot be jack of all trades because one will be the master of none. Besides, the majority cannot be that, and if the majority were, then, they would make each other useless. Why can't people use at least some basic logic in order not to spew this nonsense! Seriously. Besides, this is a typical self-centered individualistic mentality: thinking only about one's own situation. What about all the vulnerable? the elderly? the disabled? the millions of families with children? -- they can't just glibly allow themselves to lose employment.

[@youtubesucks3882]

If corporations weren't constrained by government laws and regulations, they would enforce serfdom just so they can save money on wages. You can see that being attempted with company towns. They want to own and control your entire life, even the place where you live.

[@ML6103]

This guy got his start with a loan from his grandad. Then had perfect luck with entry into the market just before it became one of the most over-inflated in the world.

[@blazzz13]

Yup. Then he convinces himself it was all down to his own hard work and effort.

[@barbellsamurai8014]

yeah I tried looking into him a few years back when he made some other stupid comments. Went to one of the most expensive private schools in the country and the other mention I found was from a qantas in flight magazine stating that he got his uncle he runs a property trust to invest in his forst few development deals. Little Aussie battler indeed

[@ML6103]

@@barbellsamurai8014 it's pretty standard these days. Twiggy Forrest goes around telling people he's a self-made man and started from nothing. So laughable I don't know where to begin.

[@garytorresani8846]

The market is overinflated to the extreme thanks to stock buybacks. What goes up must come down. Welcome to the fourth turning.

[@ML6103]

@@garytorresani8846 ...I think you've got the wrong pig by the ear. I'm talking about the Australian housing market.

[@chilledout595]

Best use for him would be as nutrients for the soil :)

[@LilySaintSin]

That'd be a dub for humanity

[@a.m.gnovember151]

Let us build cheap and affordable housing over his corpse

[@freebornaiden7666]

@@a.m.gnovember151 Could house a family of four just inside of his forehead.

[@jeffsimon9594]

YES take no prisoners comrade

[@evanunez8833]

Even then he might blight the soil.

[@jmfs3497]

This is why I try to make my purchases as local as possible. I am trying to build local businesses as a consumer. It keeps money and power in my community longer, rather than instantly sending it out of the country and upwards towards sociopaths. There is an out-of-sight/out-of-mind component where our multinational purchases enslave people we will never meet. Also, Avocados are less than $2 at my grocer. putting a slice on toast isn't expensive. You can eat avocado toast every day for less than $5/week.

[@user-oc5ur1gy8m]

You talk about purchases locally, what for avocados that have travelled thousands of miles by air freight, distributed and flown my mega corporation. Silly sausage.

[@memeoti6266]

It's fantastic, his attitude leaves space for decent businesses to get the best employees, whilst businesses like his fail 👏🏽

[@tri-clawgaming7682]

Employers SHOULD be thankful for their work force. Without the employers paying their rubbish wages to their staff, those poor terriable billionaires would actually have to get off their arse and actually work!...how awful for them

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

Oh, billionaires do work, some work a lot even - it's the "pay per hour" that's so utterly, insanely out of balance. I'd happily work as much (and have as little sleep, let alone spare time) as a lot of billionares - *_for a couple of weeks,_* because after that, given how much money they get per hour, I'd be set for life, given how little I actually need.

[@mesolithicman164]

Yes, people running businesses often work 7 days a week because they have to keep the show on the road. But the levels of pay corporate leaders are paying themselves are disgusting.

[@jambott5520]

@@Wolf-ln1ml At some point you can just be a CEO that is the face of the company, be a presentable face and do all the public adverts and stuff, but delegate the actual work to someone more qualified. Paying that person a 7 digit salary would be fucking nothing for a billionaire. That is pennies to them.

[@zelgkopitar8799]

Employees should be thankful for their employers. Without the employers, our society would look a lot like what you see in the poorest parts of the world. Capitalism has created the biggest, wealthiest middle class ever. If executive work is so easy, why can't all the low level employees do the same work? Any exec could make a cup of starbucks coffee. Very few starbucks employees could run the company.

[@VindensSaga]

@@zelgkopitar8799 "why can't all the low level employees do the same work? Any exec could make a cup of starbucks coffee. Very few starbucks employees could run the company." They probably can. Most execs are execs by nepotism and not by merits.

[@felixthecat2786]

When you abuse people they pretend it isn't happening, but when you tell people you're abusing them then they become enraged.

[@littlemoth4956]

You got it backwards lol

[@darkgardener9577]

Being asked to hold up your end of a voluntary exchange is abuse??? Since when???

[@ZentaBon]

@@darkgardener9577shut it. It's done. The veil is done.

[@ZentaBon]

@@darkgardener9577shut it. It's done. The veil is done.

[@rafizxDx]

In developing countries there are typically stronger communities. When someone needs help, their neighbors, family, friends will help them out. Children typically don't leave their parent's house until they are married. Even sometimes after marriage they will move in with their parents/inlaws for a while until they are financially stable. In some cultures they will build another level to the parent's house and live up there. The west sees this as not being independent enough or successful enough, however as this rationale demonstrates you gain independence from your community in exchange to be dependent on your job. Your family will care for you while you are going through a rough time. Your job will let you go in a heartbeat without thinking twice. The west needs to go back to forming stronger family ties and stronger communities to be in a position of power. By sharing incomes and resources you will be more wealthy in the long run.

[@simon_does]

Anyone with a brain has always known this is how it works and anyone with a heart knows its not right. The motivation and rewards systems in modern society are extremely predatory. Imagine a world where people worked because they were excited to and looked forward to it.

[@GalladeTheWarrior]

Probably how pyramids were built

[@simon_does]

@@GalladeTheWarrior Bingo! Thanks for the comment!

[@nathanielguggenheim5522]

@@GalladeTheWarrior That's actually true. Workers were in good condition as archaeologists examined their bones.

[@crossedwires2629]

This is EXACTLY what I am experiencing at the large company I work for. It's subtle, but it's clear that leadership is drifting to a culture of treating people badly and creating a vibe of "be glad you have a a job" vs. a vibe where people feel like valued human beings. This is so depressing.

[@ChannelMath]

"drifting"? probably more like "steering"

[@HollyOak]

"leadership" is drifting back. Workers having rights and a decent wage is only a fairly new thing. It is always going to go back as long as we have capitalism.

[@AnkhGirl]

If you've mastered your skills, start your own small business or freelance.

[@mesolithicman164]

If this country, like tge US, drifts into recession you _will_ be grateful to have a job. People take so much for granted, till it's gone.

[@SuperMiloBass]

why not leave, get another job or start your own business? It works both ways.

[@xensonar9652]

It's just silly little boy stuff. It's like he traded his intelligence and personality for wealth.

[@IanBourneMusic]

Brave of you to assume he had intelligence and personality to start with.

[@minnie4218]

Certainly traded any modicum of humanity

[@MrEliijahh]

​@@IanBourneMusic Don't need to develop intelligence and personality when you are born into wealth.

[@IanBourneMusic]

@@MrEliijahh indeed. And he was. Started via a "loan" from his grandfather. Sure, it's all just hard work and we should worship the ground he walks on. Or not.

[@klausbrinck2137]

Only that he had no personality or intelligence, to begin with... He simply inherited, in this case...

[@hitthedeck4115]

I agree that we can at actually appreciate what he said because he's being honest. This wakes everyone up and no one now can claim that they are ignorant to this. It's now your decision if you want to keep the status quo or do something about it.

[@carolinaribeiro8480]

During my time at University I worked part-time at a Pizza Hut on the weekends. Normally the Regional Director would come to our restaurant once a month to take a look. One Saturday night, we were closing and had already worked an extra hour and a half in an eight-hour shift. As soon as we finished our tasks we got dressed and when we left we said "Good evening" to the lady and her response was immediate: "Are you leaving now!? Thank God for this paid job with social benefits because one day you will work all day for a slice of pizza and raise your hands to the sky!" This type of mentality already exists at this level and, at that time, 2002, it would have taken an act of God to get a job at Pizza Hut - a highly desirable job, by the way, at 1.90Euro/hour - if we were registered with a Union .

[@paulschumacher1263]

Capitalism proclaimed it was a big advance on feudalism and serfdom, but in fact it's the same.

[@user-xg6zz8qs3q]

Marion Sigaut argued that feudalism was more democratic than capitalism. During feudalism, the peasants would democratically share common infrastructure, common resources and common land (all of which were owned by the lord). The peasants would decide collectively on the production of goods and redistribute surplus to the least fortunate. The lord offered protection and collected some taxes. Things went sideways when landlords offered to buy land so that lords could finance their wars and lavish activities. So the peasants were stripped away from their common land and starved to death. Philosophers such as Voltaire and Rousseau laid the groundwork for liberalism/capitalism and the right to own private property. And they later fueled the French Revolution which was just a transfer of power between the Nobility and the landlords « aka gentry/capitalist class ».

[@HollyOak]

It has always been about the entitled rich keeping control by any means necessary. They will happily change the window dressing if it keeps the masses entertained. Any structural change they allow will always be because it benefits them.

[@user-xg6zz8qs3q]

@@HollyOak On an anthropological level this is a narrow mindset. But it may reflect the last 600 years. We are so conditioned by capitalism and the modern era.

[@riyadougla539]

Capitalism is just an evolved version of feudalism.

[@mylesg7278]

It's slavery, with extra steps 😉

[@isolationnationn]

“Know your place, peasants”

[@nhennessy6434]

It's really about social dominance. That's the reason multi billionaires oppose even the most modest social welfare programs--because they close the social well being gap between the wealthy and the working class, and thereby lessen the social control of the billionaire class, even though that class will continue to have every and any material luxury they could possibly desire regardless. It's the psychic good of social superiority these people crave above all else. Having everything he wants is not enough for a billionaire unless he has all the rest of us begging him from our place in the gutter.

[@user-fh7is2re5l]

These employers are lucky to have us, most businesses aren't offering anything but low paying jobs that people can't afford to live on while making millions off cheap labour. Maybe if they started offering full-time well paying career's then thing's might change and productivity might meet expectations and be more balanced

[@lynnhickinbotham3784]

This man would fit well in the Conservative Party VILE

[@caterthun4853]

He would have been a slave master back in the day..

[@lynnhickinbotham3784]

Absolutely 💯

[@Justin-wu4yw]

and Starmers Labour Party

[@tariqjoseph3562]

Scary to think he wouldn’t even be close to the worst of them

[@lynnhickinbotham3784]

@@tariqjoseph3562 You’re right

[@shinydarknight01]

Without the workers the rich have no wealth, no company, nothing. BE GREATFUL AND APPRECIATE YOUR STAFF

[@ChannelMath]

@@jerrypartington3650 yea but if I get more pie, if means I deserve it, by definition

[@cameoforfree5774]

Won’t happen. Bourgeoisie operate within their own interest. It’s the incentives and power structures in our society that reinforces the relationship.

[@laaaliiiluuu]

Narcissistic sociopaths care about nothing but themselves.

[@PsilentMusicUK]

I sometimes it wonder how it can be possible that people can still be radicalised into Stalinism in the 21st century. Then I hear people like this guy speak and I begin to understand.

[@andychrist2922]

Luckily the socialist sociopaths are more common and vocal so we can clearly see where they come from.

[@marciamartins1992]

We need to make them famous.

[@J6warrior]

Starting in late 2020 we had lots of this kind of talk in America. The business press was coming right out and saying that government cannot allow the free market to determine wages. The real "mask-off" aspect of this whole thing is the admission that wages are not determined by supply and demand in the Econ 101 sense. The worker "arrogance" that needs to be reigned in via unemployment is nothing more than people's expectation of being paid the market price for their labor. They're not even demanding a living wage or healthcare benefits or anything like that. The demands of employers increased, the supply of worker decreased, but because employers were not willing to slightly increase wages to attract workers, they whined that "no one wants to work anymore" and demanded that the government do something about it.

[@deveyous6614]

Stuff like this just depresses me so much, why on earth are we as a species doing this to ourselves? It's like we've all collectivly decided to take part in this hell show..

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Scarcity. There's no solution to it.

[@AnnaP-uh3mc]

Yeah. I feel the same. I think I’ve been a really naive all my life. I thought the percentage of selfish entitled cruel people was much lower than it seems to be.

[@HollyOak]

When were you given the option to take part and shown the alternative if you didn't want to? No one has agreed to this, we were all born into it. The problem with being born into a system is you don't see its a system, its just how everything is. It takes extreme discomfort like we are living through now, before people are able to shake the illusion. Think about when actual revolution has happened in history and how bad things had to get to cause people to rise up like that. Now look at where we're at. We aren't even close. Every time it gets back enough for people to get motivated, the 'powers that be' lessen the pressure so the masses think things are getting better and relax. It allows the game to continue and each time, the elite tighten their grasp just that little bit more.

[@johncregan3304]

We're NOT doing it to ourselves. The dirtbag sociopaths seized money and power centuries ago and have been subjugating ordinary people ever since. It's THEM, not us. Sadly it needs revolution to redress the situation and the dirtbags control the media so they have everyone running scared of the consequences of revolution. They have everyone believing that REVOLUTION=COMMUNISM and that's how they keep us all in line.

[@waltonsmith7210]

​@@zuzanazuscinova5209We have the technology to overcome artificial scarcity

[@gepmrk]

Interesting. So a massive forehead doesn't necessarily indicate a large brain.

[@didukknow]

But it does get you a job at Tefal

[@helenswan705]

yeah, it can easily be solid bone.

[@SL-sd3sg]

😂

[@a.m.gnovember151]

Easier for target practise too xD

[@Vhlathanosh]

@@helenswan705 ffs! 😂😂

[@robertlackey7212]

I have lived the last 26 years in Latin America and here the situation is reversed getting a good job can require you to go through a 6 month vetting process where perhaps only one out of 45 people is chosen. No one wants to screw up and have to go through that again !

[@KNOWHOPE72]

That guy is a stellar example to illustrate how people born with silver spoons in their mouth should NOT dictate policy because they are TOTALLY out of touch with the world most people live in. I would say to him "Yes, the worker works for you. But its a symbiotic relationship - You need me as much as I need you" If your workers are disgruntled, maybe its because you are overworking them.

[@brenglover72]

Property developer. Without tradesmen there's no development.

[@ltmund]

And without corruption, little profit

[@kittling5427]

He's really living the 'No War but Class War' moto

[@klausbrinck2137]

It´s the only war that matters, after all... Everything else is just a distraction.

[@mushbutt4214]

My boss showed me his new truck the other day. He said "If you keep working hard, show up every day, and make the jobs pull a profit even though management has made money loosing mistakes... then next year i will be able to buy another new truck."

[@hunternelson1679]

"Im safe but to hell with everyone else." Thats all i heard from a man that never had to worry about all those things.

[@Anigmama]

Boris Johnson said this and working class people still voted for him!

[@GG-ml3vr]

English working class people😉

[@samsowden]

@@GG-ml3vr they're still working class, and it was still against their own interests.

[@geraldbutler5484]

@@samsowdenThey we’re fully paid up members of the forelock tuggers of England society. They keep their little Union Jacks in a box near the front door.

[@petergarty3196]

Scottish's working class voted for him too..

[@ChannelMath]

At least you have leaders that can say something about the economy that's at least one level deeper than the most superficial "I'll create jobs that can support families", even if it's wrong. In the US, I'd love for someone to give any kind of actual analysis of what the economy is doing and how to make it better. Oh wait, I did forget about the "taxes are dissuading investment" idea (which makes no sense, since you are only taxed on your investment gains. As if people think "I was going to make 10% but with the new tax I'll only make 8%, so fuck it, it's no longer worth my time to press the 'buy' button")

[@ignoranceisbliss6259]

I saw a comment on another channel that suggested we should start referring to workers as "revenue creators" to address the bias in the media towards employers. I really like the idea, what does everyone else think?

[@PORRRIDGE_GUN]

Terms like 'earning a living' and 'cost of living' imply that you don't deserve to live anyway, and if you want to, you owe it to your boss or government for them letting you exist.

[@ignoranceisbliss6259]

@PORRRIDGE_GUN I think that the revenue creators (or economic drivers) should be viewed as equally or more essential to the economy as the wealth inheritors.

[@person.X.]

We are already called human resources. What could be worse? Personally I find being called a resource, something that can be used up at their convenience, pretty bad as it is.

[@kiefershanks4172]

I'd say some are closer to revenue facilitators than creators. For instance, I work on passenger trains for a living. I wouldn't claim to be the reason people choose to ride trains but you can be damned sure there would be no revenue if me and my crew didn't show up to move the train and make it do all the things people take for granted.

[@VandalVortex]

@@kiefershanks4172 I imagine with AI and other advanced technologies on the way, you being there wouldn't make to much of a difference. I'm guessing that's their thought process.

[@culturedboor]

Yes and employers have NEVER had any arrogance in them. Total humility there. Yep. Right.

[@spacemanspliff7844]

The nice thing about the internet is that it gives you multiple perspectives to consider. I was trained to be an anti-marxist. But these sorts of things are impossible to defend.

[@brinistaco1970]

When are we going to realize that greed is it? They rely on our fear of poverty which is the only real sin in this world anymore. I am glad that you made this video. We give them the best years of our lives for peanuts. It is not that no one wants to work, it's that no one wants to work and just "get by". I am working 33% more hours for the same pay that I had in 2008. I call bullshit.

[@cameoforfree5774]

We need workplace democracy. Simple as that.

[@victorygarden556]

@@cameoforfree5774workplace democracy? Pass. Democracy sucks, republics with good leaders are okay.

[@mjt1517]

@@PennyWise-eu9nzhe’ll complain about that idea as not being fair. 😂

[@brinistaco1970]

Not the same place. True, I could leave and commute 1 or 2 hours for what ends up being the same money. You got all the answers, huh? My job is great . I love it. I should be paid more for it. Prices are rising and pay has stagnated. It is always the working people's fault, right? We should pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, suck it up and find a better way? I work hard, always have since I was 12. I will probably work until I die because I will never be able to afford not to. I have a bachelor's degree. I am licensed in two trades. I hope that you never have to understand where we are at. I bet you if you were standing right in front of me you would not say what you typed above. Hiding behind a keyboard.@@PennyWise-eu9nz

[@coatesgary85]

Thatcher did the same in letting people buy their council houses. It caused a need for them to go to work or risk losing their house.

[@ar50000]

They would have to move house anyway (usually further out) , if the council house was a leasehold purchase, becos the money involved every time the council does general repairs, costs thousands.

[@JessicaPradoHanson]

Subscribed! Thank you for creating such a great platform!

[@woulfhound]

For some reason there was always a bunch of guys like him in my robotics classes at college. It was always weird and annoying to always see jocks and highschool heartthrobs thinking all this robot nerd crap is somehow going to make them into real life ironman super heros.

[@olavisau]

That's crazy, it's like they want a dystopia. The irony is that this isn't even beneficial - self esteem, which is affected greatly by safety and self assurances makes people more productive rather than the opposite :D Fear only works in a very short term and in the long term just makes people spiteful and lethargic - the exact opposite of what employers want.

[@cosmicllama6910]

Exactly, they want to make the cost of admission to be part of society so ridiculously high, like it costs an arm and a leg for a house, but they will do the surprised Pikachu face when everybody realizes we are happier living out of our cars and divorced from society.

[@aaronhoy3410]

People need to keep in mind when people like economists, CEO's, financial analysts, etc... talk about "productivity" they are not actually talking about what all of us mean when we talk about productivity. They aren't talking about how much an employee is able to get done in a set amount of time. In terms of individual companies [so CEOs in the examples mentioned previously,] they are referring to the formula of "net sales divided by total employee work hours." For broader sector or country productivity statistics they use the calculation of total value-added divided by total labor hours. The problem is that for both of these types of measurements the result can be affected by multiple things beyond simply than actual amount of stuff done per hour of work & I would in fact say that those other things have been the dominant factors for decades now.

[@zzc8505]

they no longer need "productive" people, everything gets automated and digitalized, they are rendering people obsolete and not needed. Gawd, seriously, are people that oblivious to what's been happening at least for the last few years!

[@nathanielguggenheim5522]

What the rich want in the first place is total control. Over everything. Think own nothing.

[@Scarletpooky]

I still remember arguing with economy students 20 years ago about how they were being taught lies. (an argument/discussion I've had many times since) The course was teaching them that increasing minimum wages will increase unemployment, they refused to believe me when I said that we already had the facts of it being done and showing the it actually reduces unemployment. I even gave them a logical explanation of how it actually works, yet they quoted the textbook written by a capitalist. This video talks about the other thing I argued about capitalism needing unemployed and poor people as a threat to force people to work for shite money and conditions, because they can point to the unemployed and say "One of those would do it, so I'll just hire them instead of you."

[@dirtybags4282]

The bit where you said you gave them logical a logical explanation do you have the time to share please?

[@pseudonayme7717]

Once you realise that your labour will never be valued no matter how hard you work, it's hard to take a job with that knowledge. This is a much bigger problem for the working class than for the middle class, because if anyone can do your job then it will never be properly valued and imo, that is the real problem.

[@dmike3507]

Raising wages raises demand, more products & services are bought and sold thus more employees are hired.@@dirtybags4282

[@murraystewart8472]

Are you Scottish? Use of the word shite is spot on. Otherwise I agree with what you've said. Overall, and very sadly, it looks like no economic model work thanks to human greed, one way or another. Benevolent socialism maybe.

[@Scarletpooky]

@@murraystewart8472 Welsh, but I've been up here for almost 30 years so I guess I'm a adopted Scot :)

[@bicyclist2]

I love the content. Hello from the US. Please keep up the good work. You have a new subscriber. Thank you.

[@jenna2431]

And we need to remind the employer that without employees they have a paper business license and that's about it. We are each of us business persons. Employees sell expertise and time. Employers sell the fruits of that experience and time. But that bs attitude of "You work for me and you're replaceable" is old-school, hierarchical, Might is Right feudalism at its finest.

[@jackjude]

Not click-bait at all, this is a sociopath. 😂😮

[@thucydidescallas525]

I have no words. I hear that these people exist, but to see it so blatantly in broad daylight is chilling. I hope the working class wakes up. Shit doesn’t get done unless we have move. We need to demand more and not settle for anything less. Bring the fight to them.

[@xyaeiounn]

I'm all for it, but i dread the chaos that sweeps in the wake of change.

[@Valoric]

The time for unions and uprisings has come

[@lov_eli]

​@@xyaeiounn there's always chaos with important change, you only need to ask yourself if it is worth it, and for this, oh boy it is

[@xyaeiounn]

@@lov_eli the group of humans most able to make that change happen are comfy and ignorant. Not a criticism, i didn't get politics and economics until my early twenties, plenty of people never do. If those empty-headed shoppers and sports fans miss too many meals, they're not going to be reasonable or organized. Just hungry for a little while, and the chaos after that? I'm not sure it's well understood how ugly that can get.

[@PeachDragon_]

Don't demand, take it, take our rights by force, as we've always had to do.

[@havable]

The same system prevailed in the book 1984. The "working class" was the middle class, and had a roof over their head. The threat that kept them from asking questions was that they could wind up a "prole" and have to live in ruins and alleyways.

[@peaou]

thank you for articulating this so well!

[@cjxgraphics]

You don’t get to be a billionaire without being a sociopath.

[@bannjaxx]

"Unemployment is a price worth paying (to keep the rich, rich)" The tories, throughout history.

[@emperorhideyoshi3223]

This was insane lmao when he talked about punishing people for their workshyness posts pandemic and making a situation to where they would be forced to work to survive

[@marciamartins1992]

Back in the day they would call him an overseer, because he over sees the work of the slaves.

[@Leto2ndAtreides]

People are not one paycheck away from being homeless because someone is keeping them down. It's because they have their own priorities, and if they're not feeling under threat, they'd rather spend their money on things they enjoy instead of saving... Even people in shared housing with 20 people in a 3 bedroom, still manage to find money for drugs and booze as opposed to improving their situation or learning something new. Being employed... Is about giving value to others... You only earn the right to have what others produced, by first giving them something of value... Otherwise, you'd be living on charity. And if too many people did that, the system would collapse. That aside, the idea that someone is intentionally "trying to drive up unemployment" is nonsense. They're trying to defend against much larger problems than unemployment. Humans only have decent lives today because of the health of the systems we've built. Otherwise... The universe does not believe that humans deserve very much... Thus over 100K years of humans existing without access to running water or any kind of healthcare... The systems have to come first, because there's no other way to maintain our way of life.

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

That’s a really cool in all but… You’re just admitting that your ancestors were braver than you! In that they imagined and worked towards a kinder more comfortable world for all. Which is more than you have done.

[@lolwalters2936]

this exemplifies the reality of our economies... the lie that we can all get rich from work... our economy is predicated on poverty and not wealth. Wealth held by the few at the expense of the many. His calling for an increase of unemployment is to protect wealth and not to pay people a fair wage. Just as a loaf of bread would cost £100k if we suddenly became millionaires... all prices and costs are adjustments to protect wealth.

[@lolwalters2936]

@@cujimmi as Einstein said..."relativity"... that and "we" stole and exploited most of our wealth....

[@lolwalters2936]

@@cujimmi so you miss the point completely... but just to give you a chance... what would happen if suddenly we all became fabulously wealthy overnight??? Or perhaps you may want to offer comment on the issue of the vlog where the commentary was suggesting "a 50% increase in unemployment"... other than that, you can do your own homework!

[@lolwalters2936]

@@cujimmi Since, I am indeed being quite big..possibly even indulgent..... I suppose I will give you an "E" for effort since you did use the word "relatively" which IS the point (both in Micro economics and Macro economics) Yes our society does have some rich people... as for your chance... I note you failed to take it. But whatever...you can join your own dots as you see fit...

[@ashamahee]

@@cujimmi of course he cant, he is probably a marxist.

[@fionaholland9191]

This is exactly why things will never get better unless we stand together and demand it.

[@timspiker]

Exactly, we are the horde, we make up the people's opinion, not a CEO

[@6laquemoon]

these conversations make me miss college. Love yours & Rivkah's point of view!

[@trytoo5167]

I've never wanted to punch someone I knew nothing about so much.

[@ooombasa5080]

The employer feeling lucky to have employees is the right way round. You need them to make your riches. If you still want those riches then you need the support of your workers. The only reason they don't like this is because they know what it'll lead to: where these bosses won't make as many riches. They'll still be rich, but not as filthy rich as once before.

[@SolidFake]

Actually am grateful about that guy spilling the beans, he really said it how it is without any emotions attached, zero bullshit-talk.

[@kingmike40]

The average person could live most of their life on what a CEO makes in a year.

[@treyquattro]

basically, slavery never went out of fashion

[@drjs2431]

Slavery? Are you talking about American chattel slavery? Come on. It’s not that bad.

[@bluestripes6037]

The concept has got to be alluring if you genuinely do not care about people. I don't see it going anywhere.

[@loopwithers]

Gurner forgets to include "mandatory board and lodging with payment made in tokens - only valid at the company's own shops"

[@joseanfigueroa8785]

That's not "the truth about capitalism", that's the truth about that individual's scheme...

[@Not_A_CIA_Agent]

Clever abusers want you conditioned to a cycle of misery. Ideally it gets to the point where being treated properly and being valued becomes repulsive and terrifying.

[@CapnSnackbeard]

Milton Friedman literally won a nobel prize in economics for saying this.

[@J.A.Z-TheMortal]

Amd Jack Welsh. Both friends of the Ronald Reagan administration that killed the American dream. May both 3 rot in hell.

[@laaaliiiluuu]

The nobel prize is a scam anyway. Elites giving prices to other elites.

[@Junger2183]

As opposed to figuratively won?

[@simon_does]

​@@Junger2183correct