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Watch: Billionaire CEO says unemployment 'has to jump' to put 'arrogant' workers in their place (www.rawstory.com)
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[–] 59 points 3 years ago (16 children)

Unemployment has to jump 40 to 50 percent, in my view. We need to see some pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around

What a fucking asshole! True "we need to show those uppity peasant who's boss" energy 🤬

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Sounds like he's mad he can't afford as many yachts.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Employee and employer work TOGETHER. I would love to meet this guy in person, real let them eat cake energy. Anyway, where's my guillotine sharpener.?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The thing is, the workers work for money, not for the employer.

    The employer is just a middleman that can easily be replaced.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    If billionaires ruined the economy in such a way that 50 percent of people couldn’t afford to feed their families then I like to think that people would simply eat the billionaires.

    But that’s wishful thinking and seeing how people interact in public and online makes me think that way too many people still think billionaires are awesome.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    If billionaires ruined the economy in such a way that 50 percent of people couldn’t afford to feed their families

    What do you mean "if"? They're well on the way already and it's getting worse, not better.

    then I like to think that people would simply eat the billionaires.

    Problem with that is that owning everything also includes bodyguards and even de facto private armies.

    way too many people still think billionaires are awesome.

    Unfortunately you're absolutely right.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    Tim Gurner is talking like someone who has never been an employee, much less experienced actual poverty.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    You talking about me? Because you'd be wrong on both counts. That's part of why I despise greedy and power-hungry billionaires (but I repeat myself) like him..

    Or did you mean him?

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