Ned YeungJul 20, 2023

Boss made a dollar
I made a dime
That was a poem
From a simpler time.

Now boss makes a thousand
And gives us a cent
While he's got employees
Who can't pay the rent.

So when boss makes a million
And the workers make jack
That's when we strike
And take our lives back.

Show threadZathrasJul 21, 2023
@ned @lisamelton And now Florida Board of education is grooming students to think slavery wasn’t only not so bad, but gave slaves skills that they benefitted from? What is their end game? A return of indentured servitude?
Show threadMartin LepageJul 21, 2023

@ericwelch @ned @lisamelton

A *return* of indentured servitude ? It never left the US, it just took on a different form.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/24/us-prison-labor-workers-slavery-13th-amendment-constitution

Movement grows to abolish US prison labor system that treats workers as ‘less than human’

Hundreds of thousands of incarcerated people work in US prisons as part of their sentences, often without basic protections and for little to no pay

The Guardian
Show threadNed YeungJul 21, 2023

@M0untainG0at @ericwelch @lisamelton

Capitalism is all about indentured servitude. That's just what you get when you reach the end of the scale. The end of the scale is called "billionaires".

Show threadMartin Lepage

@ned @ericwelch @lisamelton I always felt that capitalism was more akin to a classic pyramid scheme than anything else. Like the Tupperware clubs of old, only a select few ever make money in that system and it always needs new recruits to feed those on top.

The more capital you have (money and resources), the more you can leverage that against those under you.

Jul 21, 2023 at 4:30pmWeb
Show threadZathrasJul 21, 2023
@M0untainG0at @ned @lisamelton Yep, and Amway. Had some friends who kept insisting Amway wasn't a pyramid scheme. (Notice I said, “had" friends.)