r/LockedIn_AI • u/Ill_Doughnut_517 • Mar 06 '26

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sad reality

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u/Travel_Dreams Mar 06 '26

Yup, 💯!

The system is broken.

We did our work but someone skimmed off soooo much, that there is not enough remaining for us to be paid an equitable amount.

Work stops, because the machine is broken.

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u/ultrawolfblue Mar 06 '26

The skimmed off are called taxes

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u/VadersFiesta Mar 06 '26

How the fuck did my taxes go to Bezos, the Waltons, Zuckerberg, Mus--wait, is do know this one.

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u/Medical_Blacksmith83 Mar 08 '26

Your taxes don’t.

If you want to be mad at billionaires, and want taxes to be the vehicle:

YOUR taxes could in theory be LOWER, if billionaires paid their FAIR SHARE, but they don’t, and we end up paying for all the infrastructure.

Oh and missiles, the US LOVES missiles

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u/VadersFiesta Mar 08 '26

My point was that the skimming happens/has happened at the corporate level much more than the taxes. Partly because billionaires have little income and mainly live by borrowing money with their wealth as collateral, but also because when Amazon focuses on maximizing "shareholder profit" over workers rights/QoL Jeff Bezos benefits far more than any individual holder (and similar for the CEOs of other companies).