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Exploitation, exploitation everywhere (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago by aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/socialism@lemmy.ml

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Image: the american dream is to escape exploitation by becoming the exploiter

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[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But I'm different. I'll be the benevolent exploiter and all my employees will be happy and we'll have parties in the break room all the time.

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What's better than pizza parties to make your employees feel not exploited?

[–] aeternum@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

oh, i know this one! It's two pizza parties!

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

No, next it will be a mandatory happy hour.

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Stuffed crust, King Kai! You can eat them in reverse!

[–] AcidTwang@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

"Hope you're all enjoying your pizza there, guys, it just shows how much fun this company is to work for. But time's a wastin'. Rest assured there will be more company-sanctioned fun soon"

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Funny how the American dream and the Ferengi dream are the same exact thing...

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm starting to think the Ferengi were some kind of, like, caricature to make a statement about unbridled capitalism... naw it's just sci fi not some kind of social commentary hahaha

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Political commentary? In my star trek???

[–] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

"It's a military show"

[–] LeninsBeard@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

friere without education, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

"Identifying with the aggressor" is one of those phrases that wedges into your brain and stays put.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I've been personally thinking about ways I could use my future earnings and financial status to give back in addition to advocacy/volunteer work and giving to mutual aid.

I don't have the legal or real estate knowledge to know how to actually make this happen, but I think there is space for a model where people could use their ability to get a mortgage to build/buy multi-family housing and lease-to-own it at-cost to a housing co-op in a type of Ulysses Pact that will create below-market-rate housing.

I envision some kind of standard contract for something like this akin to open source licenses or most housing rental agreements, so that it's easier for more people to emulate a similar setup.

[–] Zodiark@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

The American dream is also to escape America.

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

when education is not liberating the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor

[+] UlyssesT@hexbear.net -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"leftist" cryptobros

I haven't seen a more obvious oxymoron...

Are they that deluded, or is it all for the public?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Theoretically, cryptocurrency could avoid making anyone rich, by deliberately inflating a medium of exchange. You couldn't profit by having a lot of it. It would become worthless while you watch. The incentive is to get it out of your hands as quickly as possible, by trading it for something more useful or durable, like a prawn sandwich.

This is what I expected when Bitcoin was completely new. Like, 'hey I could mine this on my laptop' kinds of new. (Never did.) What I thought everyone saw was an alternative to PayPal - a way to toss petty cash across the internet. Mostly for legal stuff that credit card companies think is icky and credit card users don't necessarily want on-the-record. This view of the technology is compatible with labor theory of value and opposition to hierarchy and whatnot. It's a commodity you can e-mail.

But all extant crypto tech seems to be magic internet money scams. Some don't know they're scams. They don't understand how Bitcoin's constant deflation is a failure case. It was intended as a crypto... currency. You should be able to spend it on stuff. Instead it's become an unregulated speculation boom with both de-facto gambling and outright money laundering both disguised as investment. Twitch Plays Tulip Mania. So yeah, anyone celebrating how it works at present is either not a leftist or not paying attention.