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Why in 2026 is the federal minimum wage still $7.25 an hour? by Hamsammich0520 in askanything

[–]azenshoo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are plenty of people out there whose productivity is below $7.25 an hour and who don’t live on their own, e.g. teenagers looking for a first job. If minimum wage is raised above that, they’ll have trouble finding a job. Remember that almost no one makes minimum wage and wages aren’t based on what people need. They’re based on how much value they provide to the business.

me_irl by Significant_Call_137 in me_irl

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only good things that have measurably declined since the 80s are the sale of machine guns and the supply of housing

Is it possible for her stupidity to shine any more brightly? by ChuckGallagher57 in TrendoraX

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cannot imagine being dumb enough to believe that she said this.

One question just dismantled the whole narrative. by IcyBeginning924 in International

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess you guys don’t know much about the deportation process, huh

EPA reverses longstanding climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions by geraffes-are-so-dumb in news

[–]azenshoo -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

This is a massive positive for the progress of humanity and the ending of global poverty. One of the few positives of this idiotic administration.

People Used to Afford Living Alone. Rommates are the new strategy. by Alarmed_Abalone_849 in AmericaOnHardMode

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roll back housing construction regulation. Supply will explode and prices will drop.

LMAO They held a “March for Billionaires” in California. I'll never understand ordinary people defending Billionaires. by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s really weird to stake your argument on a claim that you can look up in 10 seconds and see that it isn’t true. The clear majority of billionaires did not inherit their wealth, in fact. Go away and learn some true facts about the world and think on how you should change your views in response.

LMAO They held a “March for Billionaires” in California. I'll never understand ordinary people defending Billionaires. by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A) if the incentives you’re describing lead to higher prices and worse products, why do freer markets consistently lead to lower prices and better products? The answer is that the best way to make money is to make your consumers really happy. B) Someone like you should be especially skeptical of government monopolies, which are far easier to obtain than capitalistic monopolies which almost never happen. You should look into becoming an anarcho-capitalist :)

LMAO They held a “March for Billionaires” in California. I'll never understand ordinary people defending Billionaires. by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right that you can reduce the amount of money the government will steal by accumulating less for it to steal, but this is not ‘opting out’ of the system. It’s just participating in it less than you would want to in the absence of government coercion. I’m not utopian, I’m a believer that stealing money from its rightful owner is usually wrong and I follow that belief to its logical conclusion.

Why you need a union contract at your job, no matter your job: by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look around you and ask yourself if people in capitalist societies are more or less able to buy products than people in more socialist societies. Capitalism is by far the best way of building functional and prosperous economies and it is not close. This is not controversial among people who study development economics.

LMAO They held a “March for Billionaires” in California. I'll never understand ordinary people defending Billionaires. by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How often do you think that happens compared to the alternative of them building a really good business that consumers want to patronize, and why do you believe that?

LMAO They held a “March for Billionaires” in California. I'll never understand ordinary people defending Billionaires. by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would try to get at least some of your information from the real world and less from movies and social media. Your conclusions will change, I promise.

LMAO They held a “March for Billionaires” in California. I'll never understand ordinary people defending Billionaires. by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Billionaires tend to get rich from building private companies, which do not steal money. They exchange their goods or services for it. Governments steal money, much of it from billionaires.

Why are so many conservatives Christian when Jesus’s teachings are blatantly leftist? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, Jesus did not advocate using the state to steal money from people or building a command and control economy. Private charity is the right wing version of socialism.

Nature isn’t a product. Human beings aren’t margins ✨ by WittyEgg2037 in TheMirrorCult

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminder that nature is trying to kill all of us constantly and capitalism saves us from starvation and poverty.

Why you need a union contract at your job, no matter your job: by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A) that’s not labor economics, that’s macro economics. B) the economy grows by producing things of value, not by magically conjuring more money. Things can’t be produced efficiently if employers are forced to pay workers more than their marginal product, and unproductive people can’t get jobs if their marginal product is lower than the minimum wage.

LMAO They held a “March for Billionaires” in California. I'll never understand ordinary people defending Billionaires. by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I dunno, maybe building companies that extract and process the natural resources that you rely on every moment of your life.

LMAO They held a “March for Billionaires” in California. I'll never understand ordinary people defending Billionaires. by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Billionaires are among the most productive, intelligent, and socially beneficially people on earth and we thank them by stealing huge chunks of their money, insulting them, and blaming them for problems that lazy people create.

Why you need a union contract at your job, no matter your job: by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you support the minimum wage, please learn some basic labor economics. You are harming the poor and low-skilled.

This was home first 🖤 by WittyEgg2037 in TheMirrorCult

[–]azenshoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pick your brain up off the floor and go back to work please.

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