mhoyeI feel like comments like "nobody wants to work anymore", and employment numbers in general, need to come with a little star next to them that points to a footnote reminding you that the labor market is being perpetually undercut by prison labor.
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@mhoye While watching Andor: "Wow, the empire is just throwing people in prison on made up charges to get free labor to build the death star? What a wild and crazy fantasy world."
Alex Zani@sporksmith @mhoye The prison in Andor is clean and looks like it's kept at a reasonable temperature. The prisoners are given enough food and water. Honestly, the Empire comes off looking really good in comparison.
archlentil@sporksmith @mhoye exactly what I thought of when I saw this toot!
VE7FIM@mhoye If I could quote tweet, I'd caption this with "Capitalism will always seek out profit through exploitation. Human rights and justice are but just two of their obstacles."
Rain@mhoye and also with a litany of references of the historical usage of that phrase, because "nobody wants to work anymore" has been in newspapers and many other places for a good couple centuries at least.
It's the fundamental litany of capitalism, trying to guilt people into accepting less than their labour's worth.
Appropriate Tributes@mhoye UNDERCUTS FOR THE UNDERCUT GOD
Edward Sargisson
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グレェ「grey」@mhoye Indeed, web developers in prison purportedly are the highest paid in the prison industrial complex, paid: AS MUCH AS $17/hour.
Which is more than I have been paid in recent years for doing more than just web development at a retail job, in addition to web development for the same job.
In other words: carceral slavery undermines all skilled labor.
Rewarding only the worst criminals who can bribe (sorry they use the term "lobby") their way out of trouble.
Palin@mhoye
And again today I saw another article about the ....Co founder of Home Depot claiming that Socialism is the reason no one wants to work anymore....
He looks just like every other lying , smirking P.O.S. Resputlikkkan!
And again today I saw another article about the ....Co founder of Home Depot claiming that Socialism is the reason no one wants to work anymore....
He looks just like every other lying , smirking P.O.S. Resputlikkkan!
NothingToSeeHere@mhoye Agreed. I’m so fed up with people reporting a “Labor Shortage”. The population hasn’t changed. Their tolerance of low wages, wage theft, and shitty benefits has changed. Companies experiencing a labor shortage need to engage in self reflection, and stop blaming workers.
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Catherine is not complacent@mhoye let’s talk about Starbucks and McDonalds.
Smol Rhi, Big Mood@mhoye 'nobody wants to work for below living wages in horrible conditions for people that treat them like crap', I think is what they mean.
frame-gray@mhoye Years ago I attended a private vocational school for the blind and severely low vision. One morning at the job club, we listened as a representative talked to the class through a speaker phone. She did a hard sell for her factory based in the Carolinas. This factory produced stuff that soldiers wore on their uniforms. Thru their federal contract, this company only hired the #blind. (I didn't qualify because I'm only severely visually impaired. )