@RyanShead@LeadingReport Remember when the political left saw the exploitation of undocumented workers by businesses as a problem?
Anyone that’s been politically aware for more than a few years remembers.
@Livieparis2024@Djoko_UTD Revenue generation determines pay. If the sport overall makes less, then the individual participants within it will make less. If you want equal pay across genders in sports… recruit more fans to that sport. Not just for your favorite team, but for the league as a whole.
@ProudSocialist 1) wealth isn’t finite. It isn’t “hoarded”it’s created.
2) profits are the result of meeting of the societal needs of a free society… reflection of consumer choices and the subsequent valuation of the organizations meeting the demands of consumers.
3) poverty is the default.
@ProudSocialist So instead, we can just skip the middle man - give government officials unlimited power to enrich themselves directly and remove any possibility they can be removed for doing so.
@Polymarket The Department of Education has not stopped recognizing degrees, but a recent proposal from the administration has reclassified many degrees as "non-professional".
This seems like little more than bruised egos.
@LizBarry555@elonmusk If it’s so easy and the opportunity is so large, wouldn’t its potential be able to be realized without massive subsidies?
We could just… do it. No government backing.
@ProudSocialist He doesn’t have to. He chooses to after losing his wife and being on his own. He enjoys being a greeter.
This post (unintentionally) identifies the problem with collective action - ignoring the autonomy and subjective choices of individuals.
@Thedukeistheman@SantaCawws@ProudSocialist How? This is an event hosted in Landover, MD for federal employees that have been furloughed. So now ‘capitalism’ is to blame when the state fails to pay its (massive) direct workforce?