Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agoIf the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down112
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareIf the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoThey raise the price and refuse wage increases. Are you not familiar with how a corporation works?
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoThey didn’t think they could get away with raising prices so far before. And they would pay us nothing if they could. Slavery showed us that.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoBecause we fought a war over it and made it illegal. And previously it was assumed price increases would drive customers away. But the monopoly power of corporations like Kroger’s had gone further than anyone thought.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoOkay, on the chance you’re not American, the American Civil War, and slavery.
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 days ago… they sit on the board of the major companies and say, “we need to raise prices.” Or “we need to decrease wages.”
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They raise the price and refuse wage increases. Are you not familiar with how a corporation works?
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They didn’t think they could get away with raising prices so far before. And they would pay us nothing if they could. Slavery showed us that.
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Because we fought a war over it and made it illegal. And previously it was assumed price increases would drive customers away. But the monopoly power of corporations like Kroger’s had gone further than anyone thought.
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Okay, on the chance you’re not American, the American Civil War, and slavery.
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… they sit on the board of the major companies and say, “we need to raise prices.” Or “we need to decrease wages.”
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