• MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    I work in a school. I often remember there are ALOT more students than staff. They cant ALL be on dentention at once… Wish i could tell the students that, but i also like my job and want to keep it.

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      21 days ago

      yeah, anything above a certain percent I can see as theft from working class, but profit is expected to some degree. that alone doesn’t paint a full picture at all.

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        21 days ago

        Exactly. What really bugs me about lefty/antiwork sentiment lately is that it increasingly seems to be built upon and pushing fundamentally flawed black/white style concepts with unrealistic demands that don’t understand the nuances of the world we live in.

        This is antithetical to progress, it alienates many supporters and breeds politically useless extremism.

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          20 days ago

          “lately”? This is foundational to the entirety of left wing thought.

          The left starts at abolition of capitalism and by extension corporate profit. If you disagree with that, you’re simply not left wing in any way, you would be better off in right wing or far right sites like reddit or Facebook. They’re their product of your beliefs, stick to them.

          • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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            21 days ago

            Profit shouldn’t exist, period. Get yourself a salary there Executive man and stop playing god. There is one singular reason to care about profit, and thats to get on the stock exchange to start living like an American Sultan. Profit should not exist, that money should go back to the workers and society, not into the coffer tombs of self proclaimed giants.

  • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    No, profits are the difference between what a person is willing to accept to do a job, and what someone is willing to pay for their production less the cost to make it.

    Profit isn’t theft. If you want the full value of your work produce the good or service yourself. If you can’t, pay someone to do the things you can’t. Oh look, business.

    Are certain players taking a ridiculous profit- yes. Are people suffering because of it - yes. Could it be done better - absolutely. But just because you don’t like something it doesn’t make it theft.

    • sean@lemmy.wtf
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      21 days ago

      Just because you don’t like when the word theft means capitalism is bad doesn’t mean capitalism is actually good