[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Meh, fair enough.

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Sorry, Fable? I'm not familiar with that.

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I mean I think it's intentional that there's not data on that sort of thing that is collected or made available. There are methods one could use to get a rough estimate; someone elsewhere in the comments suggested taking the reported yearly profit for the company and dividing it by the number of workers. It's not perfect, but it's better than what we've got right now which is just a big ol 'shrug'.

But there is likely someone doing the math, even if they''re just ballparking it and not making it public, because that's how they justify paying everyone's salary. It would not surprise me at all to learn that giant corporations have a pretty accurate accounting of the value created by each employee.

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

LOL, indeed. I grew up in Oklahoma so I recognize that twang. :P I worked for years to get rid of my southern accent.

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

I wonder if that's intentional...

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That just sounds like yet another unequal way to divide power, so it's still an oligarchy. Here's a radical idea: why not give everyone who is affected by an entity equal control over it? Why does anyone need more control than everyone else? How could you possibly keep that from being abused to benefit the people in power more than everyone else? This is just capitalism with a little extra shell-game on the side to try to make the inequality seem more just despite being just as unequal.

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago

I'm guessing they mean 'half of 145%', but yeah that headline is a hot mess.

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago

It's weird to juggle anywhere, but you shouldn't let that stop you cause everybody's weird in some way or another and that's fine. A park seems like as good a place as any.

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 15 points 6 days ago

Because The Guardian is using the article written by The Guardian about what good people The Guardian are to raise money for The Guardian. :P

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 49 points 6 days ago

Funny how every time anyone talks about replacing capitalism everybody trots out the examples of innovation and competition as things we would lose. Meanwhile capitalists are over here doing their level best to sabotage innovation and buy or legislate their way out of competition so they can remain complacent in their dominant market position. 'Won't someone please think of the billionaires' is wearing kinda thin when they're actively undermining the purported benefits of their wanton exploitation and delivering nothing but stagnation and enshittification.

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 50 points 6 days ago

...and still be a billionaire.

Why should oligarchs get to decide where the proceeds of their exploitation get spent?

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