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Woody Guthrie famously wrote that more people were robbed with a fountain pen than were robbed with a gun.

@MylesRyden @ojala
Wage theft accounts for more money stolen than all other forms of theft combined.
@ojala it's all true. None of their shit makes them that wealthy without abuse of people and society.

@ojala @bplein also the ongoing combo of:

media: <this worker once stole a loaf of bread to make ends meet, we must hound them to death> and

media: <this business-owner found a creative way to underpay staff by millions for decades. worship him>

@ojala the media monopolies cant make money if they dont lie to everybody.

CAPITALISM: it doesnt work unless it screws most of humanity.

@ojala RELATED:

"I can't be President if I'm not allowed to do crime!"

@ghost_shit @ojala I think Nixon&Trump said it's not a crime if the president does it...
@ojala
Meta: we can’t make money without spying on all our users and selling their data to companies that undermine democracy and encourage genocide.

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Amazon: we can’t make money without charging for video streaming AND showing ads!

Spotify: we can’t make money (and give Joe Rogan millions of dollars to fart out of his mouth) without exploiting musical artists—especially independent artists!

@ojala I will always believe that regulatory bodies that exist to protect competition should ban companies like Uber and Amazon from oprating, given these companies are proven to be effective at destroying their competition!

Our competition bureau approved Uber to operate in Victoria... Ugh

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Makes me think about the slavery discussions in the 1860s…

@ojala it's not shoplifting, Organized Retail Crime.
@ojala Victorian song:
🎶 It's the same the whole world over,
Ain't it all a bleeding shame?
It's the rich wot gets the pleasure,
It's the poor wot gets the blame 🎶
Set it to a beat and it could be rap. Social injustice mutates but never dies.
@pthane @ojala
Someone needs to set this to music.
She was Poor But She was Honest

YouTube
@pthane @ojala
Thanks, I've seen this one before. I was thinking of the OP's suggestion of a rap version, or similar. Sorry, my post wasn't clear.
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It's sad because it's true.
@ojala guess who owns the media.
@ojala Everybody knows that stealing is bood... or was it gad?
@ojala Then I guess I can shoplift eight times. I'll have to make it worth it & lift the entire shop.
@ojala "We're worried that Walmart can't make money if they're not allowed to execute shoplifters"
@ojala Missing: "the people: hang the shoplifters"
@ojala @cibo Me: s/shoplifters/corporations/

(Yes, of course.)
@ojala Coca-Cola: we cannot make money (not as much as we'd like, anyway) if we can't murder union organizers and deprive communities of their water
@ojala Capitalism is a nursery for psychopathy and sociopathy
@ojala These "modern business model" are the new era of the dystopia. 😳