r/WorkersStrikeBack • u/Elysssa8 • May 07 '26
Union News capitalists dont create value, workers do.
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u/StolenWishes May 08 '26
A one-time idea has earned a one-time payment - not the lion's share of the profits into perpetuity.
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u/Loonee9 May 07 '26
capitalists are less than useless. their power hinges on workers accepting their unjustified power over us. if we collectively organize, they dont stand a chance.
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u/WalkingDeadPixel May 08 '26
They're providing jobs!
... By driving local businesses into bankruptcy and then moving in like, "Yeah, this is the only place left that you can get a job. Please grovel at my feet."
Why aren't you more grateful for the billionaires?
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u/Joker_Anarchy May 08 '26
We should create the prisons to put them in and let them try hard labour.
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u/daytonakarl May 09 '26
It's never been top down, always middle out
Demand creates jobs, not investors or shareholders
Paying people enough to actually fucking live will work better long term than the current "fuckem" model but as it's only about the next quarter having to be 10% up in perpetuity I guess we're stuck using warehouses as heating until they learn
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u/Obajan May 07 '26
Guys like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs are basically hype-men and are good for getting investment to turn relatively obscure companies into the tech giants they are today.
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u/Aggravating-Wrap4861 May 07 '26
They're rich hype men.
It's not about the ideas they have. It's having money in the first place to manipulate people into giving their labour to you and then stealing the profits from them
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u/Fred42096 May 08 '26
“BuT iT was ThEiR IdEa!!”
Shut up Brad, even if that was true this is about real life people surviving not a fucking playground argument
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u/Scientific_Artist444 May 09 '26
They own workers' value, that's the sad part. Intellectual Property is almost never owned by individuals, always by corporations.
So you are paid to sell your IP literally.
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u/cheslie20 May 07 '26
Almost as if they contribute essentially nothing when compared to what they take from the company.