minnow
@minnow@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
People say that about the rich in America too. “Don’t tax them, they’ll leave and take all their money with them!”
But I dunno, maybe we shouldn’t let people get so rich we’re terrified of them leaving with their money? Just a passing thought…
But also I call bullshit. Doing business in America is, for the foreseeable future, profitable. The rich aren’t going to leave because they’re making less profit as long as “less profit” is more than “how much profit will I have if I leave”
Of course, now that they’ve completely captured the US government, the conversation is kind of moot.
- Comment on Electoral politics doesn't get the job done 2 weeks ago:
A strike that has a scheduled end date is a strike that’s has scheduled its own failure. A ten day strike would achieve nothing except the suffering of it’s participants.
Yes, the economy would grind to a halt, yes people would likely die, yes it would financially hurt the powerful people in charge.
But do you really think those powerful people will give a shit? They know after ten days the gravy train will resume, but only for them and not the people who lost their jobs, got arrested, were injured, etc. The rich and powerful can afford to be patient, meanwhile everyone who sacrificed for ten days is going to have to question whether they can survive doing it again.
No, we’re way past the point where our society can afford another failed effort to affect change. We need a general strike that doesn’t end until the government capitulates to the needs of the people. It’s all or nothing, now. ☹️
- Comment on Me too, thanks. 5 weeks ago:
Not me!
I cry in the shower at night after work.
- Comment on Initially he thought it would be a great video 1 month ago:
I prefer the Ojibwe plural “moozag”
- Comment on Carcinisation? 2 months ago:
Nice pun, I think you railed it
- Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this? 3 months ago:
Radicals ruin everything.
- Comment on California law would give employees the 'right to disconnect' during nonworking hours 10 months ago:
IMO you should report the things to the labor board and let them decide. You never know what you might be missing with your own read through of the rules.