horsesaysweird

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The book I borrowed and was reading became unavailable in the US *while I was reading it*⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But at least it was your own fault. Much easier to forgive yourself than a global kafkaesque system of greed-driven bureaucracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Min wage in most states is so sad⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree. Everyone believes that people are greedy and their only goal in life is money hoarding. But if you ask them what their own goals are, getting filthy rich has very, very low priority.

  If politicians are greedy, that’s because 1) to become a politician (in the USA), you already have to be rich, and 2) if politicians are paid lots of money, greedy people want to become politicians.

  You don’t want to attract greedy assholes to represent you, but that’s exactly what you’re doing if you pay them too much. The people you do want to be politicians are those who aren’t interested in money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuckin CEO's and billionaires gotta go⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He said the same thing a month ago: spiegel.de/…/unternehmer-nicolas-stihl-35-stunden…

  But I don’t get it. Wealth doesn’t really increase by working more. For skilled jobs, working longer means you are producing the same output in more time and feel worse. If you want to increase production, you need to invest in research and technology.

  Hundreds of years ago, one farmer could feed a hand full of people, today it’s probably thousands, thanks to modern technology. If the farmers back then would work twice as much, they could still only feed a hand full of people, but they would probably die a lot sooner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brilliant‼️⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The point of Uber is to make money. As long as businesses can make money by kicking you in the face, they will do it.