Communists and unions are dumb

1. 2021-12-01 at 6:24 PM UTC

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   the man who put it in my hood Black Hole
   Why should I care about higher wages when i'm most likely not going to be working for the same company in 5 years?
   
   Why would I pay dues to a union when I fully intend to forget ever working there and make more money doing something else? I need every penny from my labor transaction to make things happen.
   
   And then they start talking about how workers should be getting paid $80/hr and "workers should be owners" Even though that would make it so they can't afford rent? I don't get it
   
   Union people just seem like idiots that want to rape business owners and do the same shitty low paying job their entire life and cry about MUH WAGES MUH UNION instead of doing side hussles and investments because OMG CAPITALISM IS EVIL BUT YOU SHOULD TOTALLY PAY ME MORE MONEY. If I work in a grocery store why the fuck do I care about higher wages? that is just a job to pay the bills
   
   Yeah sometimes it costs 80% of your income just to survive but that seems more like a problem with inflation than wages. $80/hr for flipping burgers and working somewhere somehow gives you entitlement to the allocation of capital, also who is paying suppliers and the electric bill when "workers are owners" last I checked it was like $250k a year to hire 4 people.
   
   So are these "worker owners" also going to sign their life savings to the company to ensure they don't go into the red? If you are the owner you are the one providing capital and paying workers for their labor. Workers don't have enough capital to pay each other.
   
   Sometimes a boss can't even afford to pay themselves. Sometimes a business fails and the person loses everything, do you really want to be an owner in that case?
   
   
2. 2021-12-01 at 6:29 PM UTC

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   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood Why should I care about higher wages when i'm most likely not going to be working for the same company in 5 years?

   
   Because you'd make more money from now till when you leave? duh
3. 2021-12-01 at 7:01 PM UTC

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   the man who put it in my hood Black Hole

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Because you'd make more money from now till when you leave? duh

   
   I've paid thousands of dollars in union dues throughout my life and have never seen "higher wages" or "improved working conditions"
   
   everything stays the same and maybe they get a few $$ more 10 years later. I guess I missed the boat. They took my money to improve their own working conditions. Why am I giving money to people i'm supposed to be competing with?
   
   The people that have seniority in unions don't give a shit about me.
   
   
4. 2021-12-01 at 9:17 PM UTC

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   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood I've paid thousands of dollars in union dues throughout my life and have never seen "higher wages" or "improved working conditions"

   
   Dude you've been sweeping that warehouse floor for 3 weeks after years of unemployment...lets ease up on the "Throughout my life" thing
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5. 2021-12-01 at 9:21 PM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

   Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood The people that have seniority in unions don't give a shit about me.

   
   They do at least as far as keeping people paying their dues, which is more than employer you work for
6. 2021-12-02 at 9:13 AM UTC

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   the man who put it in my hood Black Hole

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Dude you've been sweeping that warehouse floor for 3 weeks after years of unemployment…lets ease up on the "Throughout my life" thing

   
   ive been working full time since I was 16 years old with occasional years long periods of idleness welcoem to the post 2008 crash gigabit economy, you nigger