My favorite part of capitalism is we are told if the barista makes a living wage, it will instantly cripple the entire country. But billionaires not paying taxes is essential to our economy's health.
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1250850/my-favorite-part-of-capitalism-is-we-are-told-if-the-barista-makes-a-living-wage-it-will
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 minutes ago
Because it is easier for the everyday person to visualize “person work here, person paid here, more pay = more cost” than it is to visualize “one rich fucker is siphoning off 75% of all money going into this store across 14 different levels of the supply chain”. It only gets more reinforced by propaganda because it’s convenient.