• praxi@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I already knew making any criticism of uaw or workers would bring down votes. I won’t bother any further with replies beyond saying greedy people asking for 40% pay raise and lazy people asking for 4 day work week are specific examples. CEO’s giving themselves massive pay raises are also greedy. Both sets are assholes and consumers pay the price.

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          The 40% is mostly too make up the concessions the workers made to keep the companies afflot in 2008. The 40% is over the life of the contract. The 40% wouldn’t even reach 10% of the projected profits for the companies over that time. 4 day work week is proven to be more productive than the 5 day work week, even more so for physically demanding jobs.

          You are uninformed.

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          “Greed is good” - Ronald Reagan

          “No not that way” reactionaries when workers ask to be paid fairly

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          I already knew making any criticism of uaw or workers

          Right, but is this because you’re a based freedom fighter or because you’re wrong? Hrm.

          Saying they’re lazy because they want a 4-day work week does raise an eyebrow, to be clear.

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        They conflate needs with wants.

        Rather than spending less, they want to make more.

        It’s about quality, not quantity.

        That said, it’s not fair for workers to get shafted while owners get richer. I believe they all should be making less money so those who have less can have more, but I’ll settle for workers at least getting proportional compensation.

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          Why do you think they can spend less when the inflation increased by a great margin?

          How about those shareholders spend less for a change and don’t demand a perpetual 30% yearly increase, huh?

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            Why do you think they can spend less when the inflation increased by a great margin?

            Because they’re not going to die if they spend less money. What do you think makes it impossible for them to spend less money?

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      Even if that wasn’t complete nonsense, it would be a good thing. The world needs to stop making and driving ICE vehicles. High prices are a great deterrent.

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        1 year ago

        this take kinda ignores the large number of people and places that do not have that option. it’s not up to consumers to stop driving. infrastructure has to come first in more than just major cities.

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          If people aren’t forced, those locations would never get public transport.

          And the people living on the country side aren’t exactly too poor to buy a more expensive car.

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          This is true, but I also think a rise in auto prices will present a problem that more infrastructure can fix? Like, it’s a pressure that public transit can release. You’d probably want a gradual change if that was the angle, though. Hm.

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          I was about to rant about how important it is for things to change and people being inconvenienced doesn’t matter. But let’s be real. It’s already too late.