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minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThe difference between the wealth they created and the wealth they received was still the product of their labor, not Jeff Bezos. Do you think Lockheed shareholders got us to the moon, and not ya know, the engineers and scientists?
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIf employees create negative wealth because the project fails, do they have to pay it back? Oh, you only want employees to have 100% of the profit, with 0% of any loss
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIdk why you’re licking boots without even being asked to. The question was “whose labor do billionaires get their wealth from” and the answer is “the workers”
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoAnd that’s how it should be, since the workers did not take a financial risk to start a company
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThe workers don’t carry a financial risk lmao they risk not being able to pay rent next month. The capitalist only risks becoming a worker at worst. Why are you so invested in licking your superior’s boots?
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThey don’t risk that because the company pays them every month. Why do you assume I’m a worker, lol
The difference between the wealth they created and the wealth they received was still the product of their labor, not Jeff Bezos. Do you think Lockheed shareholders got us to the moon, and not ya know, the engineers and scientists?
If employees create negative wealth because the project fails, do they have to pay it back?
Oh, you only want employees to have 100% of the profit, with 0% of any loss
Idk why you’re licking boots without even being asked to.
The question was “whose labor do billionaires get their wealth from” and the answer is “the workers”
And that’s how it should be, since the workers did not take a financial risk to start a company
The workers don’t carry a financial risk lmao they risk not being able to pay rent next month. The capitalist only risks becoming a worker at worst.
Why are you so invested in licking your superior’s boots?
They don’t risk that because the company pays them every month.
Why do you assume I’m a worker, lol