▲ 393 ▼ Canada’s Richest 1% Nearly As Wealthy As Poorest 80% (www.readthemaple.com) submitted 5 months ago by BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments 19% would be the complacent middle class 🤮
[+] uberdroog@lemmy.world -10 points 5 months ago (3 children) Stop performing those services. En mass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (2 children) ...so let people die, stop caring for our neighbours, allow ignorance and illiteracy to fester. Seems extreme and misplaced. A better, less-nihilistic approach might be: stop buying things, cancel subscriptions, sell dividend-paying stocks, etc. Or even better: a general strike. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child) A general strike is stopping doing those services en masse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Yes, but it includes the whole population rather than a narrow sub-section. It would also send a much stronger message. See what happens when CEOs and politicians need to wipe their own asses. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Wait, what difference does it make whether the stocks pay dividends or not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago I suppose there isn't much. Dividends are free cash that the company distributes to shareholders whereas it ought to reward the workers imo. I see it as peak siphoning profit away from the working class to the "ruling" class (who don't contribute anything). Capital gains and the whole stock market are bad too. As is our tired, biased tax code. Jesus... a lot to fix. permalink fedilink source parent [–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago Who suffers the most? The vulnerable permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago (2 children) You get that they'll just de-professionalize those roles and let untrained, unskilled hacks and quacks loose on the general populace, right? I mean you want to have your kids taught by some goof quoting Grok, and your grandma getting her life saving treatment from Bobby Kennedy approved witch-doctors that's where you end up if the professionals all decide to quit En Masse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Lol, too true 😁 permalink fedilink source parent [–] uberdroog@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago What's going on in schools isn't much better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (2 children) ...so let people die, stop caring for our neighbours, allow ignorance and illiteracy to fester. Seems extreme and misplaced. A better, less-nihilistic approach might be: stop buying things, cancel subscriptions, sell dividend-paying stocks, etc. Or even better: a general strike. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child) A general strike is stopping doing those services en masse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Yes, but it includes the whole population rather than a narrow sub-section. It would also send a much stronger message. See what happens when CEOs and politicians need to wipe their own asses. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Wait, what difference does it make whether the stocks pay dividends or not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago I suppose there isn't much. Dividends are free cash that the company distributes to shareholders whereas it ought to reward the workers imo. I see it as peak siphoning profit away from the working class to the "ruling" class (who don't contribute anything). Capital gains and the whole stock market are bad too. As is our tired, biased tax code. Jesus... a lot to fix. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child) A general strike is stopping doing those services en masse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Yes, but it includes the whole population rather than a narrow sub-section. It would also send a much stronger message. See what happens when CEOs and politicians need to wipe their own asses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago Yes, but it includes the whole population rather than a narrow sub-section. It would also send a much stronger message. See what happens when CEOs and politicians need to wipe their own asses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Wait, what difference does it make whether the stocks pay dividends or not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago I suppose there isn't much. Dividends are free cash that the company distributes to shareholders whereas it ought to reward the workers imo. I see it as peak siphoning profit away from the working class to the "ruling" class (who don't contribute anything). Capital gains and the whole stock market are bad too. As is our tired, biased tax code. Jesus... a lot to fix. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago I suppose there isn't much. Dividends are free cash that the company distributes to shareholders whereas it ought to reward the workers imo. I see it as peak siphoning profit away from the working class to the "ruling" class (who don't contribute anything). Capital gains and the whole stock market are bad too. As is our tired, biased tax code. Jesus... a lot to fix. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago Who suffers the most? The vulnerable permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago (2 children) You get that they'll just de-professionalize those roles and let untrained, unskilled hacks and quacks loose on the general populace, right? I mean you want to have your kids taught by some goof quoting Grok, and your grandma getting her life saving treatment from Bobby Kennedy approved witch-doctors that's where you end up if the professionals all decide to quit En Masse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago Lol, too true 😁 permalink fedilink source parent [–] uberdroog@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago What's going on in schools isn't much better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago What's going on in schools isn't much better. permalink fedilink source parent