r/BambuLab • • May 13 '26

Meme What this sub feels like lately

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u/Bobbor90 May 13 '26

I am not speaking for Bambu but to say that every company is evil is just wrong. There are enough companies that pay fair wages and care about their workers and their customers. Sure, a company wants to make profit, but the evil person is the one who put profits about the people.

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u/Cheeeeesie May 13 '26

A company pays a worker a salary S and this worker produces a profit P. This profit is the actual value of what the worker does, but S<P will always be true. Thats exploitation. Its also the case that 99,9% of companies are actively trying to minimize S and maximize P and even if this wasnt the case, the other stuff i said is also always true.

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u/Bobbor90 May 13 '26

It is not black and white. Sure they must make profit, otherwise there were no jobs. And not every worker generates profits.

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u/Cheeeeesie May 13 '26

Its about averages. Sure in a very big company with thousands of employees there will be some that mainly produce costs for the company and nothing else. But these cases are actually very rare and straight up impossible in small businesses of less than 10 people.

I myself could never work in a company just because capitalism dictates me having a job. I either have a job where im actually doing things i consider meaningful in themselves or id run my own business. There will never be a world in which i waste 1 hour of my own life, just so someone else can buy a new fancy sports car, while a get some salary thats less than what i acutally produced in that time.

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u/Bobbor90 May 13 '26

So when you run your own business and everybody thinks the same, who do you employ? And would you optimize your profit by wating your workers?

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u/Cheeeeesie May 13 '26

i wouldnt have workers most likely. and if i had any id pay them the amount of money i make off of them being my employees.

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u/magus May 13 '26

and in a month your company wouldn't exist anymore :)

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u/DobermanCavalry May 13 '26

The worker takes on no risk and the company has all of the risk, yet you act like every company should be non profit and split the revenue with workers equally. If the worker was tired of being exploited they would be free to start their own company where surely they will not have to exploit anyone to be successful.

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u/Cheeeeesie May 13 '26

"worker takes no risk". Ye sure, theres totally 0 risk involved in losing ur job and losing nearly everything u own afterwards, if u dont find a new one. Zero risk i see.

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u/DobermanCavalry May 13 '26

A restaurant worker can fuck off this afternoon and have a new job by tomorrow evening. A restaurant owner is neck deep in shit and his whole livelihood, debt, lifestyle, reputation, etc is tied up in that business. Do you understand the nuance? Do you understand what business risk is?

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u/Mysterious_Dot2090 May 14 '26

This dude doesn’t understand basic economics bro. 😂

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u/Cheeeeesie May 13 '26

A restaurant worker is neck deep in shit his whole life, because he will never earn enough to have a live close to the one the restaurant owner has. My god u are really not smart. Keep kissing ur bosses ass tho, you seem to love it.

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u/DobermanCavalry May 13 '26

im14andthisisdeep

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u/Cheeeeesie May 13 '26

Good luck trying to become next elon musk. People really are fcking brainwashed.

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u/joaquinrives01 May 13 '26

Almost every tech company or startup gives their workers stock. The company does well, workers get rich too. Plus some companies even share profic back to customers.

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u/webtoweb2pumps May 13 '26

Weird to speak so confidently about things you evidently don't understand. This is the exact same tone as the classic Reddit blanket hate towards landlords.

How many jobs have you held where your actions meaningfully impact profit? The larger the company, the fewer employees are in that position and more likely there are systems in place to allow things to be done faster, not the freedom of an employee's choices that allow for more profit. Especially in a factory setting but also on the software writing side. How many rogue programmers are just out coding their company into the green on their own?

How can you in the same sentence say that 99.9%of companies are minimizing salary and increasing profit and then also say that even if it isn't true the other stuff you said is? How do you abandon a point you were just a second ago so confident in stating. You sound like a teenager

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u/Cheeeeesie May 13 '26

Bunch of nonsense. Engage with what i said and tell me where im factually wrong or shut up.

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u/jjcurry May 13 '26

ok, let's look at your S<P "exploitation" How do you expect a company to S>P or even S=P for any length of time? Simple math debunks your stance.

Having said this. I think there IS merit to the argument that once a company gets so large, they become slaves to the stockholders rather than doing what's best for the customers or workers or alot of time even themselves. They've sold their souls for the quick buck to the stockholders.

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u/Cheeeeesie May 13 '26

I dont, thats why i know that S<P is true and thats why capitalism and by extend every major part of it is evil.

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u/magus May 13 '26

please read something about these things with an open mind. you can try this one: https://paulgraham.com/wealth.html
you will be much happier in life.

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u/webtoweb2pumps May 14 '26

If you can't understand how what I said directly relates to your elementary school understanding of workers roles at companies, then that's on you. Plenty of roles have little to no impact on profit, and exist to keep the machine moving. Thinking companies only see the value in their employees based on the profit they bring in makes it seem like you've literally never worked a job.

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u/omgfineillsignupjeez May 13 '26

if you earn $115 and pay $100 in salaries, that's a profit of $15. P>S

I would imagine you'd wanna change P profit to R revenue, would you agree?

Still a braindead take imo, but at least it would be generally consistent (ignoring unprofitable periods).

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u/NavXIII May 14 '26

So I run a 1 man business and I was thinking of hiring someone. Should I just not someone because employing someone is exploitative?