▲ 628 ▼ The gaming industry is truly messed up… (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 weeks ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Maybe one day programmers, artists, ... will understand that the best way is cooperative, not having a CEO. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago A great deal of the industry is powered by debt financing. And the CEO typically holds the job by gatekeeping access to that borrowed money. Labor solidarity is predicated on being able to participate in the market. It isn't as if people don't try to Unionize. But if your office or your business or your entire industry can be casually strangled to death by the financial sector when a plurality demand a raise, there's quickly nothing left to unionize. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago A great deal of the industry is powered by debt financing. And the CEO typically holds the job by gatekeeping access to that borrowed money. Labor solidarity is predicated on being able to participate in the market. It isn't as if people don't try to Unionize. But if your office or your business or your entire industry can be casually strangled to death by the financial sector when a plurality demand a raise, there's quickly nothing left to unionize. permalink fedilink source parent
