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minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agothat’s not how capitalism works. if you’re not selling enough shit you find a way to make the same people buy more or pay more. line must go up. no scaling back. line must go up.
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·3 months agoBut, now hear me out…what if it doesn’t…
minus-squareNecroParagon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoI don’t understand… Are you saying, line go down? I’ve never heard of such a thing
minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoYou’ve never seen my bank account …
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agohahaha… haha… ok now that we laughed at that ridiculously absurd idea, let’s watch the line go up.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoIf line stays flat? Things kinda gradually get shittier for a while. If line goes down? Economic collapse. Riots in the street. Civil anarchy. Homelessness and crime will skyrocket. Those of you who have never taken an economics class think this is satire. The problem is when corporate profits go up but wages stay flat or go down. Or when wages go up for some but not for others.
that’s not how capitalism works. if you’re not selling enough shit you find a way to make the same people buy more or pay more. line must go up. no scaling back. line must go up.
But, now hear me out…what if it doesn’t…
I don’t understand… Are you saying, line go down? I’ve never heard of such a thing
You’ve never seen my bank account …
hahaha… haha… ok now that we laughed at that ridiculously absurd idea, let’s watch the line go up.
If line stays flat? Things kinda gradually get shittier for a while.
If line goes down? Economic collapse. Riots in the street. Civil anarchy. Homelessness and crime will skyrocket.
Those of you who have never taken an economics class think this is satire.
The problem is when corporate profits go up but wages stay flat or go down. Or when wages go up for some but not for others.