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NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean a company does need to make profit. Excessive profits is another thing.

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  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah the “great work guys, we doubled the EBITDA this year. Congratulations!..Here’s your 3% raise” kind if sucks

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yup, I agree. But you know, if I don’t have that trillion dollars in my bank account yet, I can’t afford to give you more.

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  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nope, any profits not reinvested in the company itself, or the employees is wage theft. Full stop. Capitalism is a scam we’ve been fed so rich assholes can get richer.

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think it’s a bit unfair to blanket statement that capitalism is a scam. There need to be checks in place. Like, I agree it’s not fair that me as a business owner can simply say “this year we are skipping raises, and I am paying myself 2 billion”. There’s no reason any one person needs a trillion dollars. That’s an insane amount of money. Even 100 million is a shit ton of money. There definitely need to be checks in place, but I don’t think communism is the answer either.

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      • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        capitalism is not only a scam to prop up our owners, but its also destroying the literal planet we live in to keep these bastards in power.

        the only way capitalism can be good is when it dies.

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  • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No they do not. They need to break even only. Profit is the result of charging customers too much, paying employees too little, or enshitification.

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    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No company wants to stay stagnant. They want to grow. You can’t grow if you’re not making more money.

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      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Spending profits on stock buybacks and bonuses is literally the opposite of wanting to grow.

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      • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Worker productivity is like holding sand. It you grab it and squeeze it hard, it just runs through your fingers and falls to the ground. But if you cup your hands and support it carefully you can hold on to much larger amounts of it.

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  • arararagi@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Username checks out.

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