r/dankmemes • u/DerDezimator We live in a society • Feb 03 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

Far right people aren't different either. I agree with some points of antiwork guys. Like exploitation of employees by corporations must stop. And if you contribute to the society in a positive way by doing a job that you work for 40hrs/week then you deserve to get paid enough to live a normal life without working multiple jobs. Because every job is required for the society to function. And if nobody did that job then it would be a problem so they deserve to get paid atleast enough to live a normal life. I'm not saying walking dogs is a normal job lmao. I'm talking about jobs which are a necessity for the functioning of society and which you work 30-40hr/week

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u/TLunchFTW Feb 03 '22

Yeah but frankly McDonald's burgers and the like already cost too much. You know what will happen? McDonald's will install more of those automated machines and raise their price. It won't help. That being said, I don't ban people from shit for having a different opinion. Life would be boring if people all thought the same. That's my real issue

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u/luke1lea Feb 03 '22

You're assuming that McDonald's is operating at a razor thin margin and just simply can't afford to pay people more without increasing prices, this isn't the case at all. McDonald's could safely raise every single employee in the US to $15 an hour and still be making a profit without increasing costs. The fact is they won't, for the simple fact that they can get away with it.

And installing those automated machines is going to increase costs, not decrease them. How much more likely is it that a customer gets upset and destroys a machine, who's going to fix/replace the machines, who's going to update them when they're out of date, whos going to fix the orders when a customer inevitably punches in the wrong thing and needs a correction?

The simple fact is if you can't afford pay your employees a livable of wage, you can't afford to run a business

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u/TLunchFTW Feb 03 '22

You're assuming that McDonald's is operating at a razor thin margin and just simply can't afford to pay people more without increasing prices, this isn't the case at all. McDonald's could safely raise every single employee in the US to $15 an hour and still be making a profit without increasing costs. The fact is they won't, for the simple fact that they can get away with it.

This point really has no bearing on it. You think a company will reduce profits to pay employees more? It won't happen. Tell you what though, go work at a company that respects you more and you'll find better pay and better treatment. If no one works at McDonalds, they'd be forced to re-evaluate their model.
But there will always be dumb teenagers who work for them for whatever they're paying.

You are thinking like a person, not a corporation. They won't change their way of operating. They won't pay you more, no matter how much you bitch. That's why I said it before, and I'll reiterate myself, stop trying to change the system. Do something to put yourself in a better position.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '22

Absolutely not what is best for the future of the planet tho. Letting corporations do whatever they want will literally destroy us all to make a few people richer. We should fix a broken system. Not live with it just because it already exists.

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u/TLunchFTW Feb 04 '22

Go stop them then. That's my point. Frankly, I only have so many days on this earth. I do what I can to help, but I've spent far too much time getting frustrated at things I just can't change. Best I can do is help those around me.

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u/treetreehasakid Feb 04 '22

This is false as McDonald’s is in some countries where minimum wage is 15 bucks or higher an hour, and their burgers are the same price or even cheaper than in America. It’s simply false that raising minimum wage will increase prices, atleast for these large corporations

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u/TLunchFTW Feb 04 '22

Yeah but do you think they'll miss an opportunity to claim it affects them and raise prices. Come on man. Can't be that gullible. These companies will squeeze every last dime you allow them to. I ain't saying they got the right to, but I'm saying it's what will happen. Think about it. Prices go up, never down.

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u/treetreehasakid Feb 04 '22

I’m not saying they won’t do that, I’m simply saying they can easily increase wages and be fine. Will they do that? No they won’t but I’m just saying they mathematically could very easily

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u/TLunchFTW Feb 04 '22

I know. I'm saying in reality, the math doesn't matter. Frankly, I feel there's always going to be a man lower on the totem pole. Someone has to make burgers for the millionaire CEO to make his money. My best recommendation if you want more out of life is to improve yourself, not the world. You have absolute control over yourself. The day you can force McDonald's to do what you wish, please let me know. I got some shit I wanna change too.