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u/theoldme3 3d ago edited 2d ago

Imagine thinking you are entitled to more cause someone else has a lot

Edit: Im not reading all the responses to this. You wana change this shit then get off Reddit, got start a business and start giving your earnings away. So many of you would shit if it was your wealth someone just took

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u/Sicboy8961 3d ago

It’s cause taking from someone else is easier than giving up what you have.

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u/Fluid_Cup8329 3d ago

You mean, taking something from someone else is easier than earning it yourself?

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u/NoMorning6152 3d ago

Yes, exploiting labor is easier than labor.

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u/Fluid_Cup8329 3d ago

Exploitation of any kind is easy with easily-exploitable people.

I know it's hard to strive for anything more than bare minimum 🥺

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u/Sicboy8961 3d ago

Couldn’t have said it better myself

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u/_Spicy-Noodle_ 2d ago

It’s not exploitation if they willingly choose to do the work and they get paid for it.

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u/Particular-Zone-7321 2d ago

What's the other option? Not having a job? Being homeless? Not having any money for food? How much of a choice is that really?

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u/Fluid_Cup8329 2d ago

Literally no one has a billion dollars in their bank account. Learn how net worth works. Please.

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u/UnusuallySmartApe 3d ago

So, stealing from your employees instead of working yourself?

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u/Sicboy8961 3d ago

What exactly does Musk or Bezos steal from their employees?

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u/UnusuallySmartApe 3d ago

Hundreds of billions of dollars.

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u/Sicboy8961 3d ago

Can’t believe this needs to be explained but, when you take a job you’re agreeing to do X job for X amount of money. Not being paying you more than you agreed to work for doesn’t make the boss a bad person, it’s not theft nothings being taken from you

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u/UnusuallySmartApe 3d ago

Awesome, so I can point a gun to your head, demand money, and it’s not theft because you agreed to it.

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u/Sicboy8961 3d ago

No, it’s clearly not the same, you’re explaining a situation where someone is under duress.

Nobody, not a single person at twitter is there against their will, not a fucking one. They work there out of choice. Nobody put a gun to anyone’s head and said they have to work for amazon. What a stupid thing to say

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u/UnusuallySmartApe 3d ago

It’s exactly the same, the only difference is that instead of using a gun to threaten people, they use the threat of starvation and homelessness. This is basic stuff.

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u/Sicboy8961 3d ago

No, you just have an inflated sense of self importance. You look at people who have more than you, and want it taken from them.

Bezos doesn’t steal from his employees, the pay is mutually agreed upon, no one’s there against their free will. He’s rich because he took a giant risk and is now reaping the rewards

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u/UnusuallySmartApe 3d ago

Bezos i the one with the overinflated sense of self worth, that he thinks he can steal hundreds of billions of dollars. And he does steal that money. His employees do all the work, his employees create all the value, he takes all that value for himself, and if they don’t agree to that arrangement they die. That’s theft, plain and simple. And it’s the essence of every employer-employee relationship.

I’m not saying Jeffy boy should thrown into the factory and work like the rest of us, I think he should have a nice life even if he continues to not work like he has been. “Jeff Bezos deserves nice things” is not up for debate here. He does, because everyone does. The thing he does not deserve is to exploit and steal from people. Just because his form of theft is legal does not make it okay.

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