protovack

@protovack@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if the Gaza Strip declared independence?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “it would likely have a stable government in Hamas”

  …re-read that to yourself a few times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of upbringing makes an incel?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  over-bearing, over-nurturing mothers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unions work. That's why the corporations don't like them.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  love the UPS and healthcare workers stuff…but…fast food? I’d like to see every fast food place go out of business. Celebrating a bit higher wages from mega-corp fast food places seems a bit…odd, considering fast food is a cancer on society. although i guess if paying the higher wages squeezes them more, i’m all for it. But seriously…who in their right mind even goes to fast food places these days? it’s basically setting fire to your own money and health.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Open for discussion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  lemmy is exactly the same. each community has a set of mods who can basically do whatever they want that was always the problem with reddit. express an opinion a moderator doesn’t like? you’re banned say something unpopular? your comment drops to nothing and never gets read Lemmy doesn’t solve that problem. it’s only better than reddit right now, because its new as soon as more people discover it, the exact same story will play out again enjoy it while it lasts!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  really not true at all. businesses fail and if a large business fails, everyone loses. that’s why they get bailed out. labor costs at the big 3 are much higher than other automakers, and capitalism involves competition. if their labor costs are too high, they can’t compete, and other non-unionized automakers will over-take them. but its such a core part of our economy and national security, that they cannot be allowed to fail, so the government steps in. the unions know that, and they take advantage of it knowing they can get paid more because its a valuable industry. GM workers make much more money and have better benefits than virtually all other assembly line workers in the US in other industries, despite it being basically the same job requiring the same skills. I agree with worker organization and unions, and i overall support them but the net effect of their actions is exactly what sends manufacturing outside the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  i like the sentiment, but im not sure the authors really understand the stock market or economics. the reason they do stock buybacks is part of an overall tightening strategy, to gain leverage, and be more able to respond to black swan market events. executive compensation is a drop in the bucket of the overall cash flow. there are very real risks involved in running huge auto businesses…although to be fair…the prospect that you’ll be bailed out by taxpayers makes all of that null.