• Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      If theres a shortage in the labor market, you either fill it with slavery or raise wages.

      Americans track record seems to indicate the former waaayyyy before the latter

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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        4 days ago

        Raising wages fucks the people trying to retire because their stock holdings lose value. It’ll have to be slavery if you want to continue having retirement as a thing. Ideally colonialism + slavery, just import slaves from countries still experiencing population growth, such as many African ones…

        Wait I think something about this idea might be problematic

      • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        If you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford to eat out. Maybe you should get a second job that pays $2ph