Wolff Responds: US Labor - A Sleeping Giant Wakes

In this Wolff Responds, Prof. Wolff shares his excitement about the revival within the labor movement today. The working class is waking up and fighting for what they deserve. Strikes are increasing and millions have quit their job. We haven’t seen this kind of organizing since the 1930s and that, Prof. Wolff believes, is worth celebrating and holding on to as we begin a new year.
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[@parallelworldsguy]

The recognition of a union at a Buffalo, New York Starbucks was a great labor victory.

[@kevintewey1157]

Buffalo is where one of the last work camps and when it ended all my hopes for employment in this country

[@gs-nq6mw]

Someone should post this video at /antiwork

[@TexasRiverRat31254]

I'm a retired union pipefitter/welder that worked in the non union sector until my 30's. While some companies treated their people decent and paid well enough it all started changing after NAFTA was conceived during the Reagan/Bush era and signed by Clinton. Both parties sold out to the wealthy donor class and that's the problem. It's time to encourage and vote for independent candidates at the the local and state level that support labor, not capital to push things upward. If you're waiting and hoping for change in DC you'll be disappointed. Trickle down is a lie.

[@AmericanTestConstitution]

Foreign labor destroys unions.

[@JohnT.4321]

@@AmericanTestConstitution Actually no. What has hampered the unionization of workers was the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. We need to demand the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and to reinstate the Wagner Act with the provision that semi and unskilled labor can join a union.

[@kevintewey1157]

Capitalism itself is a lie 65% of your country knows the stock market itself is ripped

[@AmericanTestConstitution]

@@kevintewey1157 we don't have capitalism in the stock market. The stock market is completely government regulated. The only reason the world ock market is around is because the government bails it out.

[@AmericanTestConstitution]

@@JohnT.4321 Let me rephrase what I said. Foreign labor destroys the POWER of unions. Worker do not want the union itself, it is the power of the union is what they want. What is the powe of a union? The power of a union is the ability of people to threaten quiting their job without being replaced. It's the bargaining power. This threat of quitting without easy replacement is the hard force that causes companies to negotiate on the workers terms. The condition of not being replaceable, the power of the union, is not created by the union itself. It is created by a scarcity of workers. That condition of a scarcity of workers is created, when there is not a large pool of billions of foreign nationals flowing into a nation. The power of the union is created not by the union itself, the power of the union is created when a nation shuts its international foreign ports of entry to foreign nationals. When a nation shuts its borders to foreign nationals, everyone has the power of the union, whether they are formally part of a union or not. We can have lots and lots unions, but the unions are useless when they have power, or when the border is open. It's a simple matter of Law of Supply and Demand.

[@lars277]

People need to watch and listen and read. Howard Zinn made a huge history of labor in this country for the last 200 years.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Support Unionization and Collective Bargaining.

[@AmericanTestConstitution]

You can't with massive waves of foreign labor coming in.

[@yourmother2739]

@@AmericanTestConstitution Its capitalists not immigrants.

[@Rossion64]

This is the hour of the Wolff . Great to see his message finally getting out to the population

[@Marxist2]

Prof. Wolff, thank you for covering this. I am retired & I sure thank the workers, socialists, communists, unions for getting us retired workers our Social Security check!

[@judyvaughn761]

I remember the unions I remember all the craziness that was going on and as I grew older I realized we had to have unions because these big companies didn't give a damn about the employees unions were protection we need them back

[@stuckinthemud4352]

Unions are fine Marxism is not.

[@zinaj9437]

I blame the decline of unions on the myth (lie) of "rugged individualism" which means "everybody fight to get what you can and screw everybody else."

[@DanA-nl5uo]

@@stuckinthemud4352 so you disapprove of criticisms of capitalism.

[@stuckinthemud4352]

@@DanA-nl5uo no i disapprove of seizing the mop

[@stuckinthemud4352]

@Account NumberEight so far in history its proven to create the least amount of suffering. Wanna do a death count? I'll start how about the soviet union. Your turn

[@aliceb6847]

Yes this is true. In many industries employers have been disrespecting the rights of employees in the name of safety before covid. Now they have jumped over that line.

[@jerometekien2927]

Talk is Cheap,People need to take Action and make politicians accountable for their actions . Vote them out!!😡😡😡

[@petestanton1945]

fake democracy

[@notsure9379]

I just watch a lecture from 11 years ago from you. Great job. I don't agree with all your response to obvious problems but have enormous respect for your positions. Thank you for your diligence and for the great information.

[@daftmarzo]

Construction worker, steel framer by trade reporting in. Working class people are waking up. #newlabormovement

[@you-to-beornot-to-be9629]

You are in construction but your problem is your are not part of the Unionized(Socialist) Construction companies that get government contract projects allowing these construction workers to make over $40 per hr. FULL FULL FULL Benefits and a sweet Annuity Retirement Plan..... so Socialism does exist in the great US of A.

[@yourmother2739]

Another friend of ours died from an overdose yesterday. This system kills our people, They die in despair. We must fight back.

[@paladinsorcerer67]

Over the holiday I received a gift card from a relative. I used it to purchase "Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith, and "Capital, volume 1" by Karl Marx. I am not a business person by profession, but I wanted to educate myself in my spare time. Looking forward to getting a chance to read these. If I get stuck, probably I will check out "Understanding Socialism" by Richard Wolff. Actually I probably should have started with that book :).

[@matthewingerson]

David Harvey wrote a book called, 'A Companion to Marx's Capital.' It can't hurt to check it out if you "get stuck." Also, here is a link to a playlist of Harvey: kzbin.info/aero/PLWvnUfModHP9Ci8M1g39l4AZgK6YLCXd0 Good luck to you, sir.

[@Magicwillnz]

Capital is very challenging. After struggling with it, I was advised to read it backwards, with the last chapter first. That made the book significantly easier to read.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

@@Magicwillnz Something is only difficult if you lack understanding of it.

[@Magicwillnz]

@@user-gz4ve8mw9l ...Yes? Why do you think I read Capital? If I already understood it, why would I bother reading it?

[@artrock8175]

“My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.” - Warren Buffet "Warren Buffett doesn’t think the rich in America are paying enough in taxes. “The wealthy are definitely undertaxed relative to the general population,” he told CNBC’s Becky Quick during an interview on “Squawk Box” on Monday."

[@eugenedesiato530]

Great!

[@ttystikkrocks1042]

AND IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!

[@TheAmericanAmerican]

Join a union or start/join a co-op, Comrades! The revolution has begun! ✊

[@stuckinthemud4352]

Lol im fine with co-ops and unions thats all voluntary actions. that the real question is do you want to use the force of government to sieze the means of production? When i have a problem is when u take away free choice and or private property rights. Do you know that Richard and all the reast of the people in here dont want to just join co-ops and unions? They want to use the force of government to steal private property?

[@TheAmericanAmerican]

@@stuckinthemud4352 Bub, you are in the wrong place. This is the actual Left where we believe in achieving actual freedom via workplace democracy. No violence needed when everyone gets their seat at the table. You're looking for the "leftists" who are actual just authoritarian dipshits or AKA: tankies.

[@chuckleaf8027]

@@TheAmericanAmerican Are these your goals==>> redistribution of wealth, land reform, and democratization of economic activity via workplace self-management and creation of worker-owned cooperatives.?

[@stuckinthemud4352]

@@TheAmericanAmerican ok so specifically how are you going to take the MOP without using force? Specifically?

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

Greetings and good luck from Great Britain. 👍

[@user-kc9ng6us5u]

Horn of revolution. As a nation, People at the bottom need to be taken care of.

[@anhedonic-voting]

Thank you🌎✊️🌹🗽

[@michaelscott1060]

Beware of these important movements being infiltrated, wouldn’t be the first time a people’s movement has been dismantled from the inside.

[@Gwynncore]

This revamping of radical US labor is the only thing giving me any hope for our future rn

[@deezeed2817]

Do not bet on it. Radical labor doesn't make it leftist, Radical labor could end up like Germany and you have reactionary labor. The working class in America supports Donald Trump which is all you have to know about "radical labor".

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

you will get support from everywhere . ian from Great Britain

[@deezeed2817]

@Account NumberEight I’m not talking about partisan politics. I’m talking about the tendency for U.S working class to have fascist ideas. The U.S working class is capable of supporting a Hitler or Mussolini. You can’t look at the U.S working class as a progressive force. They have very reactionary ideas.

[@blogintonblakley2708]

@@deezeed2817 fascism typically allies with business interests... Then business interests try to co-opt any labor movement by spreading propaganda that creates enemy factions within the labor movement. This is what business is doing now in the USA.

[@peternyc]

Hell Yess, Prof. Wolff!!!

[@zehrajafri9252]

Richard Wolf, telling the truth as alway's, showing the way for a better more equal and peaceful humane world. God bless truth teller's. 💟

[@geraldmeehan8942]

Labor has been the one political bright spot in the past year. We were able to see how much better residents of the other developed countries of the world were treated during pandemic than Americans are

[@tanyabrooks9154]

YES. YES. YES!!!!!

[@scottluthy5828]

The working class has been diminishing for years now but it is getting much worse right now. Worker cooperatives and more unionization will help workers a great deal and make their lives much better.

[@ivanho7268]

Precise and comprehensive presentation.

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

Happy New StrikeYear!

[@magz875]

Almost 5 million quit in November instead of fighting and harassing the employer back...

[@coolmodelguy6304]

As exciting as the labor reawakening is, it will not matter in the least unless greater attention is put onto the gun at our collective heads, wealth accumulation. We give individuals far too much power over our lives when we assume unlimited wealth accumulation is a natural process. In the past, wealth accumulation was harmless to the ecology either local or global. The scale is now so much greater, that it must prey on both society and the ecosystem to grow. As I said, the labor reawakening is exciting, but it hardly matters if there are no humans around two hundred years from now. We must bring wealth under control, enough so that no individual can wield political power by using wealth. Noam Chomsky says "With the USA in the lead, marching to destruction because of wealth accumulation, it is our responsibility here and now, to control it, to terminate it, and turn our country back toward sanity".

[@livingitup9647]

Yes! And not just the U.S., but the entire global financial structure. 👍🙏🏻

[@stuckinthemud4352]

What makes you think Marxism cant destroy the environment? What if the workers vote to drill oil? What if the workers vote to use coal fired electrical grids? What proof do you have that Marxism is any better?

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

the times they are a changing

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

we need action now to save the planet from the wasteful resources by capitaliism

[@tomymelon6293]

@@stuckinthemud4352 there is no perfect system so you are right. But it would be better for the people if they had a stronger say in forming societal laws. Right now, powerful business organizations such as tech and oil and the people that lead and own them have a very strong influence in forming our laws. They can profit off things that are bad for the people(example: sackler family and opioids). However, the people are less likely to vote for something that is directly bad for the people

[@Sarial99]

Labour movement is the only way out of this madhouse

[@leelauder4411]

I pity anyone not on a union!! Many a good man have retired quite comfortably thanks Totally to Union Labour!! If not , your shining shoes!! Peace brother

[@treefrog3349]

We the People need to remind ourselves that the "UNITED States of America" represents ALL of us. Not just the Wall Street Executives, not Corporate boards of directors, not politicians on Capitol Hill, and not ANY one group. The UNITED states of America is where we live, work, pay taxes and sometimes die in its defense. There are 330 MILLION citizens in the UNITED states of America but present day realities suggest that there are only a few thousand that really matter. Look no further that the income distribution, the wage scales and the privileges provided for the various strata of our nation. If you do, it is easy to see that, in spite of all our self-aggrandizing speech, we have devolved into a near feudal economy. There is a small handful of .01%ers, a few more 1%ers and then there are millions and millions of the rest of us. That stark reality flies in the face of everything our politicians and pundits tell us to the contrary. What America SAYS about itself and what America actually DOES is truly delusional. A rising tide SHOULD lift all boats. Except in America. The entire world can see the lie. Why can't Americans?

[@jerometekien2927]

Pass the Pro Act Now!!!

[@LONEWOLF..314-S-T-L]

GREAT TALKING POINTS PROFESSOR WOLFF AS USUAL 💪🏾💯👍🏾❤️

[@danielkjm]

My dream would be if Bernie was President and you his Vice President

[@woodytobiasjr8265]

Why would you want a sell out like Bernie to be president? Don't you think America has had utter losers in the presidency long enough?

[@vladimirmartinov5721]

OMG! I hope you are being sarcastic and I have sufficient amount of sense of humor to understand it.

[@johnsuplicki]

This is someone who actually understands the real threat of automation. We will all be so lucky to be forced to work with "omicron."

[@hoseacheng1825]

Fighting with Covid-19! All of us need the safe working and living environment.

[@ludwig1.]

Ooooo. The scary 2% mortality. *shakes in boots*

[@ludwig1.]

@Asherah You had 3 days to come up with something clever and that's all you've got? Ffs 🤡😂 pathetic.

[@ericmoore2236]

The politicians don't care about their constituents only about their own pockets.

[@lindascanlan6317]

We need massive organization.... calling for general strikes and no let up until labor gets their due...

[@stuckinthemud4352]

Just curious but do you want to use the force of government to sieze private businesses or just strike for better pay of benefits?

[@jackflack9004]

If there is a general strike, who is going to pick the food from the farm? Who is going to ship the food to the store? Who is going to stock the shelves? Who gets to eat and who doesn't?

[@lindascanlan6317]

@@jackflack9004 all very good questions....hmmmmm

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

true ! greetings and support from great Britain

[@arpadbalo998]

keep it up best student of leon trotsky !!!!!!

[@lindascanlan6317]

Good morning sir ..you educate ..you inform..you help make us better citizens.....thank you ...

[@mudpiemudpie785]

I hope it stays awake this time.

[@radhakrishna1845]

Human.. Labour.. Most important.. Aspect of Human being.....

[@kevintewey1157]

I was 59 years old asking for a part-time job but the guy said it had to be 40 hours or nothing I already beat my body to death in that trade for 30 years and done labor for the rest of my 15 years of work The money wasn't much but a lot more than I was used to getting and it would have been really nice to have over the last two years but I probably couldn't have worked for them 15 or maybe 20 hours a week

[@skapunkoialternativeliving6522]

This is why I glad I work for myself and don't look for other people thank God for that..

[@user-rb7ns9yj5y]

Lmfao what a capital-lust individualist response...

[@LongDefiant]

Yup, jobs are for losers

[@skapunkoialternativeliving6522]

@@LongDefiant I couldn't agree with you more my friend ice bear Loser book of other people not no more those days are over..

[@takerdeasy879]

I'm a worker in the white collar world, and in many cases I've seen utter contempt for blue collar and service workers. Not appreciation, not indifference, but contempt.

[@BBBarua]

Some big force is moving everything onto "online" as fast as possible. I am not sure what it is.

[@user-rb7ns9yj5y]

I think the Americans would allow a People's Party or Labor Party over a Conmunist or Socialist party... the propaganda around those two scary words (lol) is too strong still... but labor or peoples are words we can get by on....

[@chuckleaf8027]

Might want to also hide the fact that what Wolff proposes, is exactly Hugo Chavez's party platform. "Domestic policies included redistribution of wealth, land reform, and democratization of economic activity via workplace self-management and creation of worker-owned cooperatives."~ United Socialist Party of Venezuela

[@Ddkrew1]

Long ago the unions did not collude with the corporates…

[@kevintewey1157]

But inflation made Social Security pretty much useless anyway it's about a third of what you need if your Spartan

[@chuckleaf8027]

Very true....

[@budradcrystals8373]

I work to live not live to work

[@KMA1961]

Hey Richard. This might relate to your popularity. A wise old friend once told me. -The student must be ready for the teacher to appear. -It's not what the teacher says, it's what the student hears. -And the teachers job is never through. The student always returns to their original bad habits. -Harvey Penick...

[@obiwan3993]

Pay people more !!!! Solution to all these issues is that wealthy people hoard the resources....pay people more! Corporations are cry babies....unionize and get paid!!!💯💯💯

[@MrWphilips]

“We are mad as hell, and we won’t take it anymore!” A quote from the movie Network”. This film was way ahead of it’s time, but right on the money as to how the American people feel today! The elites should be aware of this! History is never kind to those in their position, if the do nothing for the people. The price of denial is quite painful!

[@OPTHolisticServices]

💗🍃

[@ludwig1.]

If you're essential and respected, the decisions you make with *your body* should properly align w/those statements (esp during a "labor shortage"). The States are sinking into an economic dystopia and lawlessness chaos. The system will fail, but the people will not prevail.

[@dillon4060]

And this is why inflation will not be transitory.

[@MsGenXodus]

I know a ton of people who retired early in 2021, myself included. I've worked low wage retail/restaurants for a large portion of my working life, and every time a union shows up to "help," a ton of people end up getting fired, the union is voted down and the job is even harder than it was before the union push. Yes, I'm in my early 50's, but there is no way I'm returning to retail. The customers are AWFUL these days. It used to be that we would very rarely see a problem customer, but in 2020, it was daily occurrence that security/police had to be called due to a customer causing a scene. I'm done putting my life on the line for $300 a week. Fuck that noise!

[@jesustorralba2360]

I have a question about a video featuring you as the speaker. Why is this video dated October 20, 2010, Professor Richard Wolff: Why the Economic Crisis Deepens | The New School and yet in your talk on the video you speak about 911?, is someone trying to mask something somehow?

[@qinoqino7643]

👁️✝️🛐👁️🍞🕯️💧🌋👀👂🙏⏳, HEY, we're Not a do-mock-ra-see ! We are a Republic ! Republic ! Republic !

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

Prof. Wolff: Can you please research & advocate for full intellectual property (IP) abolition? This is the most important activist aim for working class people! A worker co-op economy (& most leftist projects) has very little chance without first abolishing IP. IP is the most severe & oppressive tool of the rich & powerful. Please see the work of Stephan Kinsella, Michele Boldrin, & David K. Levine. These are the best experts on intellectual property in the world. Everyone who cares about seriously improving things for humanity needs to know what IP abolition is about.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

IP laws make no sense from either left or right politics. The ‘property’ in intellectual property is a false term used for propaganda purposes. Intellectual property is not property in any sense. It’s monopoly. IP actually stifles innovation & creativity. And IP seriously screws up our economy & stacks it for the rich & powerful more than any other tool (especially IP with digital tech and the internet). IP abolition is the most important aim to liberate artists, programmers, inventors, etc. and make them all better off financially.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

All 4 types of IP must be fully abolished in any & all countries ASAP: patents, copyright, trademarks & trade secrets.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

IP provides for censorship. IP is the main component of cultural control, propaganda, & advertising. Copyright does not just monopolize art- copyright also monopolizes all text, video, audio, photos, images, software & websites. And patents monopolize important aspects of media infrastructure. Therefore, IP is the main component which allows media conglomerates to “manufacture consent”.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

The 2008 economics book ‘Against Intellectual Monopoly’ and the 2001 essay ‘Against Intellectual Property’ are both as important as Marx’s ‘Capital’! Each has nearly flawless argumentation. All leftists need to read both (free online). If you can’t read them now, then write down both titles so you can tell others so they can read them

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

And Uniquenameosaurus has two excellent and entertaining videos from April 2021 about IP abolition. Patricia Taxxon has another excellent one from October 2017 about copyright abolition.

[@lindascanlan6317]

We need a grand national labor strike that brings the economy to its knees....shut down transportation.....retail/wholesale ....shut it all down...we have the power....

[@stuckinthemud4352]

The real question is do you want to use the force of government to take the mop and or private property? Do you support using the force of government to take businesses or do you just want to peacefully protest? Theres a big difference between striking and advocating for governmental force to steal private property.

[@petestanton1945]

No but weegurs!

[@robertburatt]

The mental "health" field in most so~called "non~profit" agencies are filled with the most servile employees and draconian policies. Over loaded case loads, low pay, weak benefits and policy of iron obedience to superiors where the bureaucratic mentality reigns, is a perfect example of the economy as it really is. This would appear strange~since advanced degrees in some related aspect of psychology from universities are typically a requirement! What are these universities doing? They are preparing the student to fit in to these agencies by virtually reproducing similar conditions where obedience to authority, mindless adherence to a pre~existing plan of learning ("syllabi"), pre~selected books and other reading material, fawning "respect" for instructors, and toleration of long~winded lectures that hog up class time, leaving students "time crumbs" for questions and comments (if any are truly critical). That is what they are largely doing. Richard: The "caving in" of politicians is not an explanation for all the labor gains that was lost, since labor had to overcome business and government violence to get them. No. 1.The explanation lies in the manufacture, by propaganda, of a new enemy of the scale of nazi Germany, intended to create not merely fear but sheer terror; the terror of total submission to a malignant foreign power~the U.S.S.R. under Stalin. Government propaganda encouraged an uncritical acceptance of a supposed "vulnerable" american nation after WWII, when the communist threat~ "The Red Scare" and "better dead than Red" were the watchwords. That propaganda implicitly involved protection of the secrets of the atomic bomb~ that was, at that time, soley in the hands of the american government. The effect was to put a gigantic scare into the general population which the state~capitalists took advantage of~and it was effective. 2.The effectiveness of this propaganda was the result of it being piggybacked on the trust gained in government from the FDR years~who put in and implemented New Deal legislation. A magic trick! Keep eyes on one hand~leaving the other to do whatever. 3. The psychological reaction of "Denial" is a reaction to a fundamental contradiction in a fundamental belief; that the government that they had trusted, the very government that gave them the New Deal, is now going in the opposite direction~back to pre~union society~and what labor would again have to do to turn this trend around~left them bitter. puzzled, and hopeless~hence~Denial.

[@obiwan3993]

why da fuck...is louis dejoy still in charge of the post office. .one of the biggest social services and unions....what the fuck is going on!?!

[@TheProletariat.]

Where is a good place to learn of various unions and the markets or industry they serve? I've worked in the heating and cooling trade much of my life however last 12 years or so I've done building maintenance for a large healthcare organization.. so not sure how or where that fits.

[@stuckinthemud4352]

Theres tons of hvac union's. Pay is great benefits are great. First step to success get the hell out of here asasp Richard will rot your brain. If u can prove your experience u may not have to go through as long of an apprenticeship.

[@TheProletariat.]

@@stuckinthemud4352 I'm aware of many unions and various locals in several of the trades. However I'm not specifically working as a tradesman at my full time work. For about 10 years I worked for a couple different hvac contractors. About 3 or 4 years ago I got my hvac contractor license and had been doing quite a bit of work outside my day job doing building maintenance. I'm curious if there is a local more specific to maintenance departments. We are not contracted.. we work in house for the organization.

[@stuckinthemud4352]

@@TheProletariat. there is no building maintenance unions that im aware of. If u have that much experience just go get a business license and start a small maintenance company.

[@stuckinthemud4352]

@@TheProletariat. pro rated maintenance call to repair or maintain a home hvac unit. is 100$ an hour around here if not more.

[@LongDefiant]

I would rather live in a tent than enter into a relationship with a capitalist. Jobs are for losers.

[@troygreen7990]

Let's dissolve the Democrat party by forming a new and better Labor Party. There are more of us 'worker bees' than Republicans or wealthy Democrats. I've been a Union card member for 20 years. Join.

[@DualTasticToday]

Why do you think that any business owes you a job and the employee should demand more than said business can provide. I lived in Anderson Ind. 60% was employee bu GM parts manufacturers Guide Lamp and Delco Remy and the union's would strike for better benefits. The GM workers already made 30% higher wages than the rest of the town. Then GM had enough and packed up and moved these operations to Mexico and Anderson shrink by 50% people have to move elsewhere and I was one of those people.

[@LongDefiant]

And I bet that even though they made 30% more than everyone else GM was still making money. GM hasn't left its homeland for lack of profits... They outsourced and set up overseas because they were greedy.

[@ie2adm212]

Who else is coming here from Millenial Steam? kzbin.infovideos an AZ guy who has four degrees and struggles from one shitjob to another just for surviving by the day.

[@tmendoza6]

actually social security is crap for most people I used to work with them in retail. The only people I know doing well with social security are those who had large investments + social security but that is just what i have experienced and I don't have hard stats to prove my point so small sample size i guess

[@stuckinthemud4352]

Do you think we need more government program's?

[@tmendoza6]

I am a believer in free market capitalism and I would choose to take my chances under such a system now i must recognize that your voice is necessary and I think people need to rise up and demand for for themselves a higher standard for their hard work

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

yes things need to change

[@chuckleaf8027]

Democracy at Work, is for democracy in the workplace, ie co-ops. Worker owned enterprises. Equal shares in the profit. Sounds super nice, and it sounded nice when Chavez was saying it too. Now, people in the country with as much oil as Saudi Arabia, are eating their cats.

[@Rossion64]

Drop the sanctions and the embargo

[@chuckleaf8027]

@@Rossion64 So do nothing about them funding terrorist groups and human rights abuses?

[@user-rb7ns9yj5y]

@@Rossion64 chuck is clearly a troll so not worth engaging to he honest. This type of persona is stuck in cognitive dissonance and cannot see past their "beliefs, ego, etc" what he is trying to capitulate here is that socialism doesn't work, and capitalism does better... heard this one before. There is no logic besides greed to continue to ride down a capitalist destruction of thr planet and people. Fucking idiots are going to be half dead from climate and still be in denial. Edward Bernays would be proud of how well his propaganda has worked to control the masses...

[@Rossion64]

@@user-rb7ns9yj5y well said

[@chuckleaf8027]

@Charles Brainard Which ones?

[@darthjarjarbinkstherealsit6832]

Star wars fact. Kamino is a planet with a lot of water.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

Heya Jar Jar 🐸

[@lightningfirst689]

Your society will never have class struggle if you build a classless society. *taps forehead*

[@lars277]

The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. You look it up. You will see for yourself.

[@skapunkoialternativeliving6522]

The Smart Ones have woken up and leaving their jobs for better jobs or to work for themselves like myself.. while the stupid want to know options stick with low-wage jobs which is their fault you have a choice..

[@user-rb7ns9yj5y]

What an ignoramus, conservative regurgitation of a response...

[@rubensdesateles108]

LULA ESTADISTA PT

[@englander2265]

*Investing in crypto now should be in every wise individuals list, in some months time you'll be ecstatic with the decision you made today*

[@commerceusa]

Some people worry so much about stimulus check, government empowerment, gambling,etc while there is enough room to make money in crypto investment•

[@leeann8091]

@Viv Johnson That won't bother you if you trade with a professional like Mr Patrick Smith

[@leeann8091]

@Viv Johnson Yeah, My first investment with Mr Patrick Smith he earned me profit of over $25,530 US dollars, and ever since then he has been delivering

[@stuckinthemud4352]

Lol socalists talking about investment in the free markets. Lmfao 🤣😅🤣😅🤣🥰😍🥰😅🤣🤣🤣😍😍🥰😅😅😅😅

[@javierrodriguez4218]

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[@TC-eo5eb]

What about the former General Motors union whose demands were so great that they literally put General Motors right out of business and caused GM stock to plunge to zero. The greedy union crashed GM and every one of its share holders. The U.S. Government had to bail out GM to save all those union jobs. Our local nursing home employs dozens of union paying certified nursing assistants. For decades, the CNA's earned just above minimum wage. Their union did absolutely nothing for them other than collect monthly union dues. Wisconsin was previously not a right to work state. If you worked in a facility that had a union, you had to join the union. Not everyone wanted to be a union member. The law was changed making Wisconsin a right to work state. Currently there are 27 states that are right to work states. Unions are not always the answer.

[@matthewingerson]

Hey everyone! Look over here! There's a 🤡👅🥾

[@stuckinthemud4352]

Can we agree that investment leads to growth and spending leads to inflation. These are the yin and the yang of any economic system? I truly believe 99% of yall cant grasp that investment leads to producing (growth )and spending leads to consuming (inflation) If u can understand this then u can understand why equally redistributing wealth is a horrible idea.

[@zinaj9437]

Companies aren't "investing" their gains. They are skimming benefits and extracting them. They are spending any profits on shareholders, largely outsiders, instead of "investing" in their workforce by sharing the profits.

[@DanA-nl5uo]

Inflation is caused by greed. The caplistist class raises their prices to increase their profits and increase the wealth gap. A child can see the cause of inflation is the person who profits off setting a higher price for the goods they sell.

[@stuckinthemud4352]

@@DanA-nl5uo setting a higher price doesn't cause inflation. As a whole it just causes that one item to cost more. The part your missing is the business made more. The money did change hands but it didn't actually cost more value to create said item. What actually causes inflation has to do with producing the item ie how much Value it takes to create a product or service. Your talking about how value is distributed not how inflation is caused. Productivity of available resources is directly tied to the size of an economy. More productive = bigger (economic growth) Less productive = smaller ( inflation) Investment leads to producing things ( growth ) Spending leads to consuming things ( inflation) If you cant grasp this u do not understand any economic system including the one you support.

[@DanA-nl5uo]

@@stuckinthemud4352 🤣🤣🤣🤣 prices going up doesn't cause inflation. Thanks I needed a good laugh.

[@Rossion64]

@@stuckinthemud4352 yeah. Like the financial sector actually produces anything.