"I'm no expert" the man says, and then goes on to give a better explanation of economics than almost every "economic advisor" in Washington.
But the stock market!!
Line must go up, or the CEO gets no third yacht!
nonono, that's the point, you don't have to be an expert to notice that. In fact, you can be pretty stupid and still notice that rather easily
more and more people are beginning to notice. In the years past the ruling class at least tried to be subtle, but as their arrogance rises the masks are coming off, let's hope we still have the spirit of the french, because the wage gap charts are starting to look oddly similar
My company made $5.5 billion profit in 2023. Last week we were told inflation is simply hitting us too hard for any raises for the 2nd year in a row.
I know it's a lot easier said than done but find your union and join it. Convince as many of your coworkers to join as you can. It's the only way to fight the system sadly.
Not defending them, but they need the line to go up, or else the person who decides your paycheck doesn't get a raise
You are supposed to get a credit so the bank can effectively own you.
And get this… they’re the same people on both sides.
Speaking of budget, you're going to regret the day you screwed with my garlic!
I am fully within my rights to charge WHATEVER I WANT to WHOMEVER I WANT for MY garlic!
Keep it up and see what happens
Now listen, if you want to keep buying from me, I won’t stop you. What’re you going to do with 8 lbs of garlic a week anyway? I gotta keep my stock up for the garlic festival coming up in a few weeks…
I'll pay a 15% fee to take the whole lot
Data collection for how far they can push humans. My money is people will pray to lottery Jesus while being grateful for their corpse starch, and being apathetic that grandma is being recycled because she missed too many days of work.
It'll be hella funny when they fire everyone and replace us with robots and then wonder why sales start to plummet when nobody has money to buy shit.
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