“average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.8% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989”

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    He laughted said that hamburgers would cost $20.

    They always say this, but when you mention the Nordic countries where wages are at least twice ours and fast food is pretty much the same cost, they start ranting about how any country that properly uses socialism doesn’t count.

    And they almost always end up saying something racist

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      properly uses socialism

      You’re describing privately-held companies paying their employees well, not socialism.

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        No, they are describing a government that enforces and enhances labor rights and protections.

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          It’s the same picture from 2 angles.

          In no way is that socialism.

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            Right, but the hypothetical person this person is talking to fires back with “that Nordic country doesn’t count cause that’s socialism”

            I’m a Florida native so I’ve had this conversation with someone, and they’re implying the reason why burgers aren’t $20 is because of some weird centralized control of prices while also conflating social programs with socialism (and not the economic system)

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              Well, helping those people realize that the government can do shit and it not be socialism, because words have actual meanings, is a great way to get them to stop voting against their own self interest, imo.

              It’s why I constantly die on this hill on this site to people who think universal healthcare is socialism, and call themselves socialists as a result.

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                You are absolutely correct.

                I also want to point out, that to those people socialism is when government does ‘bad’ things like helping the poor. When they ban abortions, it’s job well done.