Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.socialM to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoBernie Sanders unveils 32-hour workweek bill with no loss in pay for workersthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarethefartographer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoHow are businesses supposed to turn a profit if they can’t bleed their workers dry?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoIt’s not even about turning a profit anymore. It’s about always making record profits. And the powers that be either don’t see this as totally unsustainable or just don’t care.
minus-squareMrVilliam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoInfinite growth with finite resources. Our economic system is a metaphor for entropy and the heat death of the universe.
How are businesses supposed to turn a profit if they can’t bleed their workers dry?
It’s not even about turning a profit anymore. It’s about always making record profits.
And the powers that be either don’t see this as totally unsustainable or just don’t care.
Infinite growth with finite resources. Our economic system is a metaphor for entropy and the heat death of the universe.