Comment on Cracks are forming in America’s economy. Trump is a big reason why.
SomethingBlack@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI think you’re right, he sees the US people as customers rather than employees though.
And a Casino aims to extract as much money as possible from it’s customers.
Aidian@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
The fundamental flaw is that many see the people as customer or employees rather than the employers.
SomethingBlack@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Under this running metaphor, that’d translate to Communism. Which I absolutely think would be beneficial if we could just adopt it today, but I don’t think the western world as a whole is ready for that transition.
Under Capitalism, the best we can hope for is employees
Aidian@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Oh, there’s literally never a fair (or sane) shake under capitalism, especially under the inescapably inevitable “Saturn devouring his young” endgame stage we’re in. Zero arguments there.