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- shapesalad2
- I take it back... bitcoin = a buy.shapesalad
- And at the same time Russia pretty much piss on a USA drone, right next to a stubborn war zone...shapesalad
- I take it back...Russian rubles = a buy.utopian
- shapesalad2
Facebook parent company Meta confirms 10,000 layoffs in coming months...
- MrT2
Just finished this, I'd love to know what others thought if they have. It's occasionally a bit jargontastic but well written and made a lot of sense.
Before anyone shouts commie, the general gist is that democracy and capitalism are vital to each other, but not in their current forms.
Martin Wolff is the FT's chief economics commentator and the blurb says he's as likely as anyone to be read by political and business leaders. And some twat on QBN.
- *WolfMrT
- Sounds like more of the same "it's not capitalism, it's corporatism" apologetics.i_monk
- It's not that. The deterioration of democracy has coincided the excesses of modern capitalism and they both need adjusting, is the gist.MrT
- If you think Trump or Johnson were good for politics and share buybacks are the best use of company profits then you'll be challenged.MrT
- utopian2
Norfolk Southern Boosted Shareholder Payouts 4,500%, Slashed Workforce 33% Prior To Ohio Disaster.
- utopian1
- If the Mouse is the symbol of Disney why is it poor?palimpsest
- The Recession is near. Most of these cuts barely bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, so it's not as earth shattering as headlines make it sound.formed
- I thought the recession was already here.palimpsest
- Man... We had not yet recovered from the previous recession, me at leastOBBTKN
- NBQ000
- What a Dingleberry!utopian
- waits for reason why its a bad idea... gives noneNutter
- Is that Kevin O'Leary? He's a piece of shit.i_monk
- ^Continuity
- Salarrue1
- The Musk Pooper®
A Twitter Shitter Productionutopian - People will just go elsewhere to get away from their open-concept hellscape work environment.i_monk
- this is a great workout idea for the hip flexorsShenanigansTV
- The Musk Pooper®
- utopian1
"I'm worried about capitalism."
"Thanks to socialism, nobody works. Nobody gives a damn. 'Just give it to me. Send me money. I don't want to work - I'm too lazy, I'm too fat, I'm too stupid."
Bernie Marcus
Co-founder of Home Depot- Bernie Marcus
Net Worth 2022: $5.25 Billionutopian - Socialism?monospaced
- He's always been an ass. I wish there were more Lowe's.formed
- Bernie Marcus
- utopian1
- Shame that woman lost her baby because she got arrested. Adam Smith would be proudPhanLo
- Returned a car to the small Hertz lot this summer, they couldn't find it and threatened my GF and I.Frosty_spl
- Same thing w/my wife and I about a year ago... her Dad was w/us and was smart enough to take a pic of the car and DIY checkout screen in the return lot.PonyBoy
- PhanLo2
- huh, I was also pumped this video on youtube this am...shapesalad
- At one point 30% of our building was Airbnb. Now, thankfully, the owners have switched to longterm renters.Chimp
- NBQ000
60K tech people laid off recently. Where will they go now?
- skid row
18 and lifePhanLo - They will go on to build the next FTX...shapesalad
- Amazon next year will axe 50% of their global staff. They had increased their staff by 100% during the pandemic. Bullwhip market effect.shapesalad
- It's the crypto/tech crash, built on cheap capital (interest rates below 1%) over the past decade.shapesalad
- That guy voice would be passable with decent mic, gain, eq + compression - but he seems to over gain his mic and make his voice 200% more annoying.shapesalad
- They're not ex-twitter, they don't count apparentlygrafician
- Sorry jonny quest and instrml I only care for ex-Meta losing their jobs
Maybe Amazon, oh wellgrafician - Haha fuck them all!utopian
- skid row
- grafician-1
- Adidas is pathetic.PioneerDJ303
- Imagine Nike selling Air Jordans without Jordan
Smhgrafician - Jordan designs the shoes?!nb
- Guess not directly, but the man's name's on them for decadesgrafician
- Anyway, adidas comp is in bad shape and nobody will buy Yeezies anymore without Kanye behind them so yeah
Probabil Nike will buy adidas on the cheap next yeargrafician - < "We buy them because they’re Yeezys not because they’re Adidas"grafician
- < ""We don't want Fake Yeezys": Fans react as Adidas plans on selling Yeezys without iconic Kanye branding"grafician
- Mingin shoes with or without the Yeezeball attached.PhanLo
- Yeezy shoes are cunt slippers.MrT
- nb1
Mark Zuckerberg has lost $71,000,000,000 this yearMeanwhile, the average American will make well over $40,000
Time for this inequality to stop
- stolen from Twitter