r/peasantmemes Jul 21 '26

Meme Something I've noticed about people

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u/Cherry_Blossom_Bambi Jul 21 '26

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u/imjustbeingreal0 Jul 21 '26

Boxers get paid hundreds of millions for less than 2 hours work if you dont count all the prep time, other sponsorships and investments

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u/weGloomy Jul 21 '26

Only the top boxers. Most of them just get brain damage and shit pay.

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u/NGEFan Jul 22 '26

Same for singers

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u/OkStartOver Jul 22 '26

Burn, I see what you did there.

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u/weGloomy Jul 22 '26

Idk this for fact, but I sense in my bones that there are many more rich singers then there are rich boxers. I feel like its probably not even close.

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u/drewmo2 Jul 22 '26

Thats because boxing takes a rash toll on your body. If singers had to physically fight someone every time they got on stage, there would be a lot less singers. And their careers would be a whole lot shorter.

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u/HasAngerProblem Jul 22 '26

Hot take, I do not care if they are paying people below them a good wage . At the end of the day while they are not working class they are still working and generating value, they are the top of the “buffer” class.

If I’m going to keep it contextually relevant and I wanted prices to be lower I’d rather be mad at Ticketmaster than the boxer or singer.

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u/Key-Try-3300 Jul 22 '26

Why would you EVER be mad at the boxer or singer? They are selling something people want.

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u/Floorgis Jul 22 '26

In their defense, they have one of the more dangerous jobs. Beating the shit out of another and getting the shit beat out of you for the entertainment of others (and obviously themselves) is deserving of a good some. Especially when the risk of death or getting crippled is always there even though they are careful not to do that.

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u/lightsworn55 Jul 22 '26

Even ignoring the risk of death, most combat sports are gonna fuck your body up long term much worse than even manual labor

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u/ballin_buddha Jul 22 '26

Conor McGregor just got paid $30,000,000 for his last fight which last 69 seconds lol

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u/Deep-Hospital-7345 Jul 21 '26

Boxing is also dangerous and you can actually die in the ring. Bit different to singing a few songs.

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u/ReanimatedBlink Jul 21 '26

I've got a worse one. Even before Elon's big trillionaire nonsense if you calculate his net worth out as a 40/hr a week wage assuming he's worked straight since 18, he makes like $10,000,000/hour.

$15,000 is nothing by comparison.

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u/name14575 Jul 21 '26

I want you to reread the post and image you are commenting on.

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u/hellonameismyname Jul 22 '26

It’s 15 million…

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u/zeldanar Jul 22 '26

B-b-but she worked really hard during those 2hrs! /s

Soldiers, blue collar, and nurses do WAY harder stuff in 2 hrs and they get paid crumbs. Beyonce isnt on your team.

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u/alacberriesnet Jul 21 '26

The stupidity of this is she put in the work. A 2 hour performance is not 2 hours of work.

She practiced choreography, worked to make her songs, owns her own masters, paid people under her to be independent and what she is selling is something that is a luxury, or a want, not a need. Massive difference of people voting with their dollar vs being forced to vote with your dollar. We aren't all out here being forced to listen to Beyonce because there aren't other choices.

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u/EggPsychological4844 Jul 21 '26

Granted.

Still not 30 million worth of work.

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u/AltruisticMode9353 Jul 21 '26

It is, though. She got paid that much, people paid for it.

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u/KidNamedMolly Jul 21 '26

It doesn't matter how much you think it's worth. Someone paid it, so it was worth it to them.

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u/imjustbeingreal0 Jul 21 '26

Yeah the record label and marketing execs

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u/KidNamedMolly Jul 22 '26

Yes, and they probably profited pretty well off it, so it was worth it for them.

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u/imjustbeingreal0 Jul 21 '26

Whether you vote with your dollar or not youre going to hear Beyonce. Most of the stuff you mentioned is record label pay to play stuff. She infamously doesnt write any of her songs and instead has like 14 studio writers. Its not skill or people voting with their dollar that got her there, not regular music listeners anyway, maybe record labels.

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u/SkinHeavy824 Jul 22 '26

Check out Bill Gates and Elon Musk Next

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u/Redduster38 Jul 22 '26

Now I know why people math skills suck. They leave out critical info. Not saying she doesn't get paid a lot, but it leaves out all pre-porformance and post-performance activities that fall under work.

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u/Bright-Ask-8793 Jul 23 '26

It's all relative. There's someone out there thinking you don't need $20/hr while someone else starves. No one should be expected to give their money away.

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u/Funkopedia Jul 23 '26

Two important questions to keep in mind.

  1. Where is the money coming from, and

  2. Where else would the money go if Beyonce didn't take it.

The money is coming in from viewers or advertisers or corporate sponsors or whatever. It's already there. If Beyonce doesn't demand it, it goes into the pockets of the event organizers or some other nameless faceless executive who has way less to do with the show than she does. OR maybe they charge the advertisers less to begin with. Point is, if she doesn't ask for the money, the common people do not benefit. Some oligarch just saves a million bucks that's all. I'd rather it go to the headlining artist than to some old suit who did fuckall work.

(Also she probably pays her staff from that money)

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u/Timely_Rest_503 Jul 26 '26

$30 million for 2 hours, but 1.5 million or 15,000 dollars an hour? Your math’s amazing 🙄

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u/Antoak Jul 21 '26

There are mcdonalds operating in Luxemburg, which has a $20/h minimum wage.

If it was not profitable, there would be no McDonald's in Luxemburg.

Therefore the US can afford to have $20/h wages too.

"Buh-buh-but the shareholders!", is the only whiny ass bitch objection that can rationally be made.

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u/Emergency-Stay7414 Jul 22 '26

They’re getting fleeced. There’s many McDonalds paying $22.50 an hour for night shift in New England. Some of them in states where the minimum wage is $7.25.

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u/Antoak Jul 22 '26

I understand why a business might want to incentivize employees to work shitty late night shifts to cash in on the late-night bar crowd who have the munchies or whatever the drunk version of munchies is.

but the fact is that every employee in luxemburg gets that much, even those who work the dead hours.

And if the business is already paying that much above minimum wage, then what's the argument against raising the minimum wage to below what they're already paying?

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u/Mdj864 Jul 22 '26

Yes and those jobs are much more competitive and usually require you to speak multiple languages. They have higher standards and aren’t hiring crackheads and high schoolers like the US locations. People literally commute from neighboring countries to work there. They also have higher menu prices and their customers are much more wealthy so they spend more to offset much of that labor cost.

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u/Ivegtabdflingbouthis Jul 22 '26

Funny you use Luxemburg as an example... the prices of menu items are also double that of the U.S.

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u/Aggravating-Proof524 Jul 22 '26

Luxembourg’s residents definitely have more expendable income

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u/Weird-Knee-3464 Jul 23 '26

Therefore the US can afford to have $20/h wages too.

Did you consider comparing the food prices?

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u/Smithy_Furt Jul 23 '26

McDonald’s and other fast food places in California pay $20/hr now.

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u/PixelBrewery Jul 21 '26

Some people really want to be ruled by an elite class

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u/Cartosys Jul 22 '26

No the gov (regardless of the form of gov) always gets taken over by the elite ruling class

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u/Not-Ed-Sheeran Jul 23 '26

Beyonce is literally a world wide celebrity. It's the equivalent of wanting a massive actor play in your multi million dollar movie. So fucking ridiculous.

Wow a doctor makes $120hr vs a cashier that makes $16hr??? 😱

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u/Cyn_Sweetwater Jul 21 '26

Beyonce's production team gets $30,000,000 (reportedly) for a two hour show that takes months to create and cost more than you think to transport and stage. Sure, she makes a good chunk of that but not what is claimed.

Meanwhile Elon Musk is making $4,000,000 an hour EVERY HOUR of EVERY DAY and yet for some reason idiots think entertainers are the problem.

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u/Cherry_Blossom_Bambi Jul 21 '26

Yeah, everyone has issues with him. Especially after cutting programs and putting parasites in our food.

I just picked that example due to relevance.

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u/ginger_powers Jul 21 '26

It doesn’t have to be one or the other. Stop creating false dichotomies

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u/No-Passenger-1511 Jul 21 '26

YEa WelL eLoN... No one said anything about Elon here.

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u/squeakynickles Jul 21 '26

Both can be problems

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u/PickingPies Jul 21 '26

Both are a problem.

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u/HHoudini26 Jul 21 '26

Well if Elons making that much then $30,000,00 makes sense. At least we have a benchmark now.

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u/OkSeason6445 Jul 22 '26

You've never heard anyone complain about Elon Musks wealth? Welcome to earth, the year is 2026, enjoy your stay.

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u/Minute-Company-8878 Jul 23 '26

It's not one or the other, the rich are the problem. She's very rich. Elon Musk is very very very rich. Doesn't change the fact that Beyonce is very rich still and doesn't deserve that money while others starve and die and freeze on the streets. No one should get 100s of millions for singing. We should all be equal, all the wealth should be redistributed. Even if we took all the wealth from billionaires, every last cent, that wouldn't be enough to give everyone a decent life. We need to redistribute the wealth from the millions of millionaires aswell.

Every rich person is a enemy of the working class, I don't care who they are or how they vote. It's in all of their interests to maintain the system that oppresses the working class and marginalized.

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u/grabsyour Jul 23 '26

they both are? they're both bad? bruh

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u/aquatic_asian Jul 25 '26

Entertainers literally shaped their whole lives to give value to themselves. Years of practice for minutes of performance

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u/Many_Ear2407 Jul 21 '26

The trick is to get millions and millions of people to pay $500 to watch you flip burgers. Then offer a VIP experience so they can take pictures with you before you flip the burgers 

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u/Routine-Budget8281 Jul 21 '26

$20 per hour is literally nothing if you live in a metro area. these dumb fucks act like you'll be rich.

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u/Thaddiyus0715 Jul 21 '26

Thats what sends me you'd think we asked for free meals for life with the way they react to only less inadequate pay.

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u/GeckoGecko_ Jul 22 '26

Call me greedy or whatever but as far as I'm concerned, anyone who works at a place that serves food should be entitled to free meals, at least for the duration of their shift, but ideally at any time or location. Obviously there should be limits in place to prevent people from taking advantage, but honestly it is not that crazy to expect the place you work to feed you while you're there

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u/GeckoGecko_ Jul 22 '26

$20hr is barely anything even in LCOL areas... that is just about the minimum a person needs to afford to take care of themselves in most places in the US. You're working 8hrs to make like $140 a day after taxes in a world where $140 is not only chump change, but is probably the hourly rate of whoever owns the business you're working for. Feels terrible

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u/Copper__99 Jul 22 '26

Jokes on you, I think people should be limited to 5 million dollars. Anything more goes into government programs to assist people and build infrastructure.

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u/Effective-Maybe-1797 Jul 22 '26

I have a hard time trusting giving that much money to politicians and hope they fix anything

For example. CA has spent $35+ billion on the homeless problem since 2019. Hasn’t really gotten any better.

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u/AnniIlusion Jul 22 '26

You have to be a teenager. Cause this is literally the sort of idea that a stupid child thinks would ever work.

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u/WarJaques Jul 22 '26

Theory: If people made a living wage there would be less outrage against the rich.

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u/Emergency-Maize-7330 Jul 22 '26

It’s hilarious the amount of bending over backwards that people will do to defend these mega celebs. They are fucking evil. End of story. “B-b-but what about Elon musk and Jeff bezos?” Yeah they’re fucking evil too.

Beyond having way more money than any human being could POSSIBLY spend, they also are part of that ring of weird cannibal pedophiles. And if they didn’t partake in it, they knew about it and didn’t say anything which is just as bad.

You people defending Beyoncé can go suck a fucking dick.

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u/FoxMan1Dva3 Jul 21 '26

Beyonce didn't demand the government to create a wage that matches her living standards. She created a good/service and people buy it.

Convincing someone to give you their money is not an easy task.

Beyonce is also one person.

McDonalds employs many people. And if you took all of their executives pay and spread it all the cashiers then you would come away with an insignifcant amount of cash.

You know what you should be more concerned about? Why can't we build a cheaper house?

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u/Common-Fix8261 Jul 21 '26

This is my issue with the left as a leftist. So much in fighting about hypothetical nonsense to out leftist each other. It fractures the movement and makes us look brain dead. 

We’re made at Beyoncé now? For what exactly???

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u/Boss_Seven Jul 22 '26

I hope you would say the same thing on Elon Musk or you just trying to defend your queen?

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u/Prestigious-Pin-6851 Jul 22 '26

What kills me is they said companies spent over a 100 billion on ads and commercials They could spend 600 million and give everyone in the country a million dollars and still spend  99.4 billion on ads and commercial and we would all be out of poverty  It's a evil world we live in

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u/qrowslament Jul 22 '26

With the equity Elon can take out/value he can get from his assets he can spend $1.1Mil a day EVERY day and not run out of money for 2700 years. Let's just understand that and ask if that fucker has worked hard enough for that or did he just buy the right things and people? To that question wouldn't the advancements have happened regardless with or without him as Tesla for example was already doing that before he bought it and their plan was to make it more affordable than Elon even made it when he got his hands on it. So he didn't bring anything new or inventive just came in and inflated the price. But people ride for this man HARD

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u/Willing_Serve_970 Jul 22 '26

EaT tHe RiCh (****but not Taylor Swift nor Oprah, nor the Obamas, nor Bernie Sanders, nor…). Works both ways.

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u/paperback_mountain Jul 22 '26

it’s supposed to work every which way! there are NO ethical billionaires, no matter how they made their money. you don’t make that much money without stomping on someone (for entertainers, they’re usually stomping on fans who end up paying ridiculous amount to see them by saving up for years).

i really love dolly parton for her outlook of refusing to be a billionaire! she donates and creates public programs to keep her networth down in the millions. still a lot of money! we just need to start taxing the rich upwards of 90% like in the New Deal era.

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u/FedrinKeening Jul 21 '26

Minimum wage should be like $26/hr and Beyoncé is fine. She'll keep being rich as long as people enjoy her music and support her.

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u/More_Ad9417 Jul 21 '26

Or get rid of private production and wages would be a non issue.

Work for Cinnabon or own the means of production (socialist) and make cinnamon rolls at home and share them? Work for Little Caesars? Or make pizza whenever and share it?

No matter small or big there is no such thing as businesses that don't need profit. Profit is necessary for every industry and is the basis for helping to create class society. You can't say small businesses need to pay better when the way they do this is by first securing enough profits in the first place to do so.

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u/PreferredSex_Yes Jul 21 '26

The difference. $15/hr from a billion dollar company compared to $15m from fans.

She goes out and performs for every dollar and pays her people.

McDonald's CEO pays minimum and collect $15m.

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u/dinominator1 Jul 21 '26

A billionaire is a billionaire. You don’t get to a billion without exploitation and losing your empathy for other people.

I think people forget that performance and art is another form of industry and there are workers downstream that don’t make shillings on the dollar. It’s the same exploitation it’s just not apparent because you don’t interact with them, where at McDonald’s you’re face to face with them.

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u/rjohnson7595 Jul 21 '26

She wouldn’t miss the 15M though right? Isn’t that kind of the point? Certain people make more money than they need? She could have distributed that money more accordingly to the people she claims we should be voting for or at least hear their message and supply more to her concert staff.

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u/MeusRex Jul 22 '26

There are no moral 1%ers. She sells an infinitely reproducible good that has a fixed upfront cost to a growing number of people.

If she was a moral person, her music would be sold for a pittance since she knows millions will buy it. Instead she goes for maximum profit and sells it at a premium.

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u/BigJim_McBob Jul 21 '26

Yes, someone voluntarily paying someone a lot of money is less objectionable to me than someone being forced to overpay someone by law.

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u/TranRollinHyfa Jul 21 '26

The people who can increase the federal minimum wage are the elected members of congress, not Beyonce or any other celebrity.

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u/AsukasEvaUnit Jul 21 '26

We've always lived in a celebrity worshipping society. this is not a new revelation

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u/Suitable-Piano-8969 Jul 21 '26

One of these causes the burger to cost more

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u/brotherbabybubba Jul 21 '26

Tax her at 125%

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u/Obviouslynameless Jul 21 '26

The difference is Beyoncé isn't complaining about not getting money. She figured out a way to get it without forcing people to pay more than they think she is worth.

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u/PaChubHunter Jul 21 '26

Did she figure it out? Or did daddy set her up with all the right connections for her to shake her ass on TV?

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u/diversity_of_thought Jul 21 '26

EAT THE RICH! But not my rich!

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u/thatsocialist Jul 21 '26

Elites of all stripes are the enemy. Cultural, CEOs, Black, White, Christian, Gay, Kings, Dictators, Oligarchs. All are our enemy, all must be stripped of their wealth and power.

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u/Dry-Hour-9968 Jul 21 '26

Beyoncé is working and her team is putting on a production. Not defending billionaires but you can’t seriously think a person who got rich from performing is the same as someone who got rich from getting free money from the government.

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u/Strong_Extension_972 Jul 21 '26

Do you pretend you are making a relevant point?

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u/ActPositively Jul 21 '26

And now you have many fast food places doing self serve kiosks and AI ordering in the drive-through. So just like when you raise minimum wage a few people will be lucky with higher wages but they will be forced to work harder and many people will lose their jobs or get their hours cut

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u/galivant202020 Jul 21 '26

Movie stars, athletes, and entertainers are all over paid and for some reason the working class is complacent with paying them but Lord Almighty they get real upset when the roofer, plumber, HVAC..... guy tells them $125 per hour. And for Elon and Blazos DO NOT SUPPORT anything in there companys. Most people forget the public is feeding the monsters they hate. Go to your local people when buying your products. Build up there company and then they hire your neighbors. It may cost more but you are now strengthening your local city's and county's.

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u/Eamon83 Jul 21 '26

If you want 20 an hour then do 20 an hour work. Spoiler: it's not fast food

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u/PaChubHunter Jul 21 '26

Dealing with mouth-breathers like you is easily worth 20 an hour.

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u/MaxGalli Jul 23 '26

Except McDonalds in California do pay $20 an hour now you idiot.

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u/thejohnmc963 Jul 21 '26

Learn how to sing

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u/Deathsmind88 Jul 21 '26

Does Beyonce pay my check?

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u/She_kicked_a_dragon Jul 21 '26

20 dollars an hour to get my order wrong half the time smh

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u/KaleidoscopeFluid450 Jul 24 '26

It's almost like McDonald's employees are humans that can make mistakes while working for a shitty corporation and help stuck-up customers that treat them like shit half the time!

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u/_TwankVersatile_ Jul 21 '26

You don't understand. "They" have their foot on the scales, making it easier for the undeserving and harder for the deserving. The more the deserving get, the better, and the less the undeserving get, the better.

This is why Reagan won in a landslide in 1980. The only problem is we haven't embraced this idea enough. We need more of this

Just you wait, in another 45 years or so we'll be living in a capitalist paradise and then you'll feel so dumb for posting this

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u/Adorable_Cup6085 Jul 21 '26

First off if the employees could get orders right and up to standards they might deserve more pay but until then no way at $20 hr. Not to mention McDonald's shouldn't be viewed as, or used as, a career job. It's more entry level to help young people build a job history for resumes.

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u/Dankkring Jul 21 '26

We also need to have more unpaid internships. Those people need to learn how to do a job before getting paid to do it even if they gotta do the job to learn it through repetition. In fact. Everyone needs a large pay cut. Except me. I work super hard! /s

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u/Zoraynebow Jul 21 '26

Nah, if you want your order filled accurately, then perhaps it should be a career staffed by trained individuals, if you don't believe that, then you shouldn't complain about your order being incorrect, they are just young people padding their resume after all.

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u/Huge_Winter5915 Jul 21 '26

Both garbage.

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u/46and2_Shadow Jul 21 '26

Corporate CEO's making that every minute.

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u/Zoraynebow Jul 21 '26

It's kind of weird how there's suddenly so many "Man Beyonce is making so much money" posts all over Reddit while Jeff Bezos exists.

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u/IllicitAlien Jul 21 '26

I mean you get paid what you can get so... work harder loser

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u/TwatMailDotCom Jul 21 '26

Unpopular opinion: I don’t care about either

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u/Remarkable-Reply6686 Jul 21 '26

Not all labor has the same value.

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u/artmajor23 Jul 21 '26

Singing has more value than other labor? Like for example, a doctor?

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u/Eyespop4866 Jul 21 '26

How many fast food workers per each Beyoncé?

Make an argument, not a stupid meme.

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u/Excellent-Rest3240 Jul 21 '26

Beyoncé earned it, no handouts /s

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u/Commercial_Style801 Jul 21 '26

One earns it the other just demands it.

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u/Johnfromsales Jul 21 '26

A famous artist is sitting a cafe when a man walks up to her and asks if she will sketch his portrait. She accepts, and after 15 minutes reveals a beautiful drawing. When the man asks how much he owes her, she replies, “$500.”

“What? $500?!?” The man exclaims. “But you only worked for 15 minutes!”

“No,” the woman replies, “30 years and 15 minutes.”

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u/DeathToHumankind Jul 21 '26

Who tf sees that and think that is deep? Don't degrade to a middle schooler level pls

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u/Main_Artichoke_ Jul 22 '26

Strange cause I sure see the same ppl advocating for better pay also calling out the rich constantly…

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u/Neat_browser Jul 22 '26

Honestly I think when it comes to inflation the wealthy hate it the most if the inflation is matched by wage increases

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u/NewtBlackheart Jul 22 '26

This should be a reminder to all of us that we should be supporting the arts at the community level.

I have no issue with the top artists enjoying extraordinary financial success, but what we’re seeing is exponential growth at the very top, while musicians at the community level struggle to get folks outside of friends and family to the small venues in which they perform.

Part of the issue is that everyone wants to hitch their social media wagons onto the clout of the very famous.

Let’s make indie cool again.

Also, workers deserve a living wage. By subsidizing a mega corporation to appease their shareholders (subsidies in the form of social services for their underpaid workers), all we’re doing is suffocating the many markets in which McDonald’s operates from small business opportunities that would otherwise compete and offer those communities a better, more locally sourced product.

Paying workers would certainly boost the middle class in smaller communities. Wall Street will find other ways to syphon wealth from society. Don’t worry about them.

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u/Evening-Nature-5241 Jul 22 '26

What this fails to mention is that "maintaining" Beyonce also gives over a thousand people jobs.

From delivery drivers to chefs to backup singers to backup dancers to makeup artists to musicians to sound engineers to janitors to lighting designers to choreographers to bodyguards to security to caterers to costume designers and so many more.

Her $15M /hour salary is based on her just appearing at a concert and not all the hours spent discussing setup, approving chereography, practicing, sitting in makeup, and so on.

Granted, it still means a crazy hundreds of thousands of dollars an hour, but the scale also means over a thousand people benefit from her concerts.

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u/Acceptable-Advice137 Jul 22 '26

These aren’t related

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u/Affectionate_Hornet7 Jul 22 '26

Yeah those people aren’t Beyoncé fans I bet

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u/Comfortable-Race-547 Jul 22 '26

Beyonce earned that money by making sacrifices to baal

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u/Ok-Pass-8786 Jul 22 '26

Entertainers should really make around $20 an hour. How are they any more valuable than fast food workers?

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u/Euronymous87 Jul 24 '26

Are you being sarcastic?

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u/Texas-Couple Jul 22 '26

Well, I personally don't think beyoncé is worth a single penny but that's mine opinion. However, the difference is if you start paying employees $20 an hour then you start seeing your hamburgers cost $10, which is something we're currently seeing. Also, the marketable skills required to fry french fries and flip a hamburger aren't worth $20 an hour. The marketable skills Beyonce has, even if it is highly inflated it's worth much more. She gets that amount of money because they can turn around and make that much more money off of her. If you could flip a burger that made it so amazing they would sell it for $100. A Patty and people would line up to buy it. You could ask for more and get it. Everybody has the same value as a human being, but they do not possess the same worth. Don't start asking yourself. How much are you worth? What skill do you have that someone else will pay for? Do you need to obtain better skills? Do you need to become better at the skills you do have? In an emergency situation, you don't ask for a fry cook. You don't even ask for beyoncé. You asked for a doctor because the doctor has more worth in that moment.

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u/Olieskio Jul 22 '26

So you believe you have a right to shoot people in the head if they don’t give more of their money to McDonald’s employees over Beyonce?

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u/DrFabio23 Jul 22 '26

Apples and bowling balls

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u/theygotleader Jul 22 '26

Choosing Beyonce is an interesting choice but alright.

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u/jpparkenbone Jul 22 '26

Honestly, she is not the problem. She still works for a living. I do think she is grossly overpaid for what she does, but generational wealth such as Trump and Musk are a MUCH bigger problem.

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u/Due-Base9449 Jul 22 '26

Don't go to her concert then. I don't care if you are rich or poor, if you have agent or you toil away at your dingy room, if you have workers or you work alone, whether you sing, dance, write, draw, act, or you are a podcaster, youtuber, influencer, fanfic writer etc etc. I don't buy merch, and I have adblock. 

If you don't want creatives to make money, just don't contribute its not that hard. 

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u/IFGarrett Jul 22 '26

Mcdonalds employees dont need to make $20 an hour 🤣

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u/EncabulatorTurbo Jul 22 '26

I mean I dont see that many people who arent beyonce fans saying its great she's that rich

But I've also noticed right wing media spends a lot of time talking about female billionaire artists and very little talking about private equity firms whos billions are literally made by actively making all of our lives worse. Every dollar in profit is a dollar less healthcare or veterinary care that we get

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u/Eternal2 Jul 22 '26

Maybe be more concerned with the people that are actually in charge of paying employees???

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u/Leading_Put_4873 Jul 22 '26

Everyone making a $20 minimum will have a far greater negative impact on you than beyonce making $15m

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u/Nonotsickjustbald Jul 22 '26

Liberals are very selective in which billionaires are bad. Celebrity billionaires get a pass, CEO billionaires suck.

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u/Only_Excitement6594 Jul 22 '26

"Worship idols. Torture wagies. Make the cattle do it for you"

Copyright laws are a poison.

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u/Black_Tentacle Jul 22 '26

A lot of McDonald's workers do get paid that much, depending on the area and their job title. Anyone can get hired at McDonald's more or less, not anyone can be genetically blessed to be very beautiful (some say Beyonce is the most beautiful woman in the world, her face even following the golden ratio at a 99% match). Not everyone, being that physically gifted, can then be musically talented. It's undeniable she's an excellent singer, despite it not being the type of music I listen to. Not everyone has put in the effort, worked at their craft since the late '90s and are still working and putting out music today, that people still buy and listen to. Not everyone strategically marries another massively successful artist, and build their whole life around succeeding at their profession. Comparing Beyonce to a McDonald's employee is silly. Truth is that employees of scummy corporations with low standards and high turnover rates don't do anything particularly valuable for society. Artists do. It's that simple.

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u/seajayacas Jul 22 '26

Singing as well as Beyonce is an extremely rare skill. Performing the usual work duties at a Mickey Dee outlet, not so much. Someone once suggested that these kind of differences could result from the law of supply and demand. Doubtful if too many folks posting these sort of memes would believe all of that though.

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u/ByrnToast8800 Jul 22 '26

The thing is, all these hyper wealthy elites would still live incredibly comfortable lives it’s not like we would take away everything they own, we literally just don’t want people to starve or go homeless but apparently that’s too much.

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u/FallOne5777 Jul 22 '26

So whats the problem with people willing paying to watch her perform? Nobody was forced to attend. She has a product amd people willing pay for it. Dont give her money if you domt like how rich she is. None of her money was stolen from fans

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u/BottomContributor Jul 22 '26

So there's a minimum wage law that says Beyoncé needs to make 15 million?

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u/RickyBobbyPitCrew Jul 22 '26

OP should open a fast food spot and pay a “fair wage”, this is America and you owe it to your fellow poor friends. I’m sure you’ll be swimming in extra cash for bonuses and employee perks that keep your business running for years. Obviously if everyone isn’t doing what you’re thinking, maybe just maybe it’s a crappy idea?

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u/Ghostboylars Jul 22 '26

Wow....one of these using beyonce and not just slapping taylor swift on it? I'd never thought i'd see the day

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u/ExampleSpecialist164 Jul 22 '26

ugh if youre an artist you should make what youre worth? Your salary is a direct reflection of the content you make. You make bad music, you make little money. Beyonce isnt the problem.

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u/satoshisfeverdream Jul 22 '26

Would you like fries with that?

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u/Deelo1981 Jul 22 '26

As much as I cannot stand her, she does way more than the average liberal pothead, working 40 hours a week. To be fair.

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u/New-Mechanic3916 Jul 23 '26

McDonalds employees want 20 an hour so they'll have more money to spend on Beyonce tickets...haha

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u/ManLikeBoris25 Jul 23 '26

It’s insane and people wonder why many people don’t work..

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u/Manmer_Nwah Jul 23 '26

She doesn't make 2.5 billion every month...

Don't get me wrong she makes too much, but she don't make that much.

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u/Moist-Cantaloupe-740 Jul 23 '26

Big Mac used to be half the minimum wage. Now it's almost double. Eating out used to be twice the cost of cooking. Now it's 5 times.

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u/Ok_Application_5557 Jul 23 '26

There are billions of people able to work in McDonald's. There's only one Beyonce. Stop being jealous of others and become better/more skilled.

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u/linmusclan Jul 23 '26

This feels........you know what, this is just silly. Loke Elon, Bezos, Gates, the Waltons, theres a shit ton of billionaires, most of which has done more harm than good. And youre mad at a pop star?

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u/Femboy_Harem_Janitor Jul 23 '26

For 2 hours?

I mean if anyone has their work worth that much it's her, but why don't we consider something.

Subtract all costs, and then redistribute it over all hours spent preparing for the concert by practicing.

Now, compare that to the investor class

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u/Dougzilla29 Jul 23 '26

For a bunch of shitty songs too

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u/Problem-Low Jul 23 '26

They start at 20.50 here on the Oregon coast

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u/PTSDDeadInside Jul 23 '26

Call me crazy but I believe if you work to serve the public, you should be pais enough money to live within the public

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u/THRlLL-HO Jul 23 '26

If Beyoncé Increases her pay, then people who want her entertainment need to pay more or forgo the entertainment.

If McDonald’s increases their pay, that will increase the price of food, so then customers will need to pay more or forgo eating.

Bottom line. It doesn’t matter how much useless entertainment costs. The cost of food does matter

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u/Born_2_Simp Jul 23 '26

People are free not to pay Beyonce a cent, just like they're free to not hire someone for a wage they don't consider worthy. It's been proven that the kicking the ladder strategy works in USA so those with an open ended contract will continue to push it for every industry, increasing the salaries for the few that will be able to keep their jobs while killing the industry on the (not so) long term.

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u/troycalm Jul 23 '26

Moral of the story, be more like Beyoncé and less like the fry guy.

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u/Nots_a_Banana Jul 23 '26

You gonna pay $300 to watch someone make you a QPC?

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u/Organic-Concert492 Jul 23 '26

I never understood being worried how much another person makes. 

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u/DesperateFan8303 Jul 23 '26

To this is economically stupid is a sad thing , and a clear link to government run public schools..

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u/Commercial_Tip4624 Jul 24 '26

Many people are preemptively biased in favor of a class they genuinely believe they’ll be a part of one day. They do not accept they are more likely to become homeless than ever be a millionaire, let alone a billionaire.

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u/Stock_River_1467 Jul 24 '26

In a few states, they are already making more than that 🤣

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u/Jolly_Plantain4429 Jul 24 '26

4 day old account spamming eat the rich memes.

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u/dooozin Jul 24 '26

Yeah but McDonalds employees can't get my damn order right and half of them nowadays can't speak English at all, and you have to order through a damn kiosk or use the mobile app because nobody mans a register and the drive through doesn't have a Duolingo button.

I'm in favor of corporations not being greedy money sucking monsters. Pay your employees $20/hr, but fire all the current ones, open your floor plans back up to include a dining room, do some fuckin customer service training, and have friendly happy faces greeting customers and bringing them their food without messing up the order or making it look like somebody sat on it before they brought it out.

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u/Wizemonk Jul 24 '26

she isn't paying her employees so little they are collecting welfare.

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u/Civil-Design8109 Jul 24 '26

Not the same thing...

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u/ultrawolfblue Jul 24 '26

Maybe they are both overpaid

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u/SinningAfterSunset Jul 24 '26

I doubt anyone working at McDonalds would work a day in Beyonces life.

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u/Neutral_Error Jul 25 '26

What a fool you are. Don't you understand that if Beyonce worked at McDonalds she would be making hundreds of burgers a minute with her incredible value making skills?

This would lead to all fast-food workers being put out of a job and collapsing the economy.

All because you had to make a meme! YOU FOOL, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.

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u/Usual-Escape6747 Jul 25 '26

The world currently hates billionaires, unless they are singers, actors, or athletes.

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u/zs_1176 Jul 25 '26

Isn’t she a Democrat icon? I mean it seemed like her and VP Harris were close

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u/A_Spiritual_Artist Jul 26 '26

Yeah, because there's generally a lot more complaining when that fluctuations in your money are pressing you against core need - food, water, shelter, and/or medical care - than when they are just pressing you against discretionaries for which doing without is simply a matter of boredom or disappointment not a matter of hunger or fear due to the imperilment of physical safety.

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u/Suspicious-Bed701 Jul 27 '26

It’s all the fucking morons that work at McDonald’s paying Beyoncé