seems like we should get at least 3/5ths of a vote on the matter
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RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 10 months ago
I feel like corps have gotten bored with “you will own nothing and you will be happy” and moved on to “you will be owned and you will be happy.” Like, damn, people are absolute livestock in a freaky fucked-up way. You “buy” something and it sits there extracting value from you. You “rent” something and it gets to enjoy the utility you provide, for a time.
Just seems like “ownership” is totally screwed-up wrong, y’know? One can’t have anything any more, it’s all corporate property they let us pay to install into our own lives for them. grumblegrumblegrumble!
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Shurimal@kbin.social 10 months ago
But this is the whole point; for a publicly traded company the people who buy their products are not the customers for whom they create value. Shareholders and investors are the real customers. People who buy the products are precisely just a resource to extract value from for these companies.