Coolness Averted posted:

if communism is so good for black people than why did the US government murder every black communist leader?

GOAT with the jugs posted:

his question is correct?

ContinuityNewTimes posted:

His response to every example of African socialism is "America killed them so it's bad"

ContinuityNewTimes posted:

His response to every example of African socialism is "America killed them so it's bad"

ContinuityNewTimes posted:

His response to every example of African socialism is "America killed them so it's bad"

BonHair posted:

In most alternative systems, musk's quality of life would decrease. But under communism, there would be no life too have a quality.

Coolness Averted posted:

I Iike that he at one point specifically says, "look I'm not supporting any systems I'm just talking about what benefits my family."
That's actually a kind of honesty. Like yeah if you set the criteria at "I, a decently off person benefit from capitalism. Give me a real world example of a better system for me, a minor capitalist to thrive in" capitalism is kinda cool

Oh no the world will be an uninhabitable hellscape in 3 generations tops? Well I get funny cakes

ekuNNN posted:

hobbesmaster posted:

I feel like the wrong message was taken from the black panther movie

ekuNNN posted:

Shame Boy posted:

Sure just turn off the heat and let all your pipes freeze and explode while you're gone to save lots of money!

Jazerus posted:

brits complaining about the heat and then complaining about the cold. never happy

evilpicard posted:

When I work with business owners 99% of my job is trying to convince them to do the extremely obvious thing that they need to save their business.

Blockade posted:

i was briefly a consultant and a lot of it was convincing businesses they need to do inventory and keep track of work hours

Weatherman posted:

oh the ted cruz manoeuvre?

Orange Devil posted:

Getting rid of at least part of existing management is the solution over 90% of the time but it’s management that hires consultants sooooo

ekuNNN posted:

smh it's not Black Mirror, it's the 1987 movie The Running Man

Blockade posted:

i was briefly a consultant and a lot of it was convincing businesses they need to do inventory and keep track of work hours

evilpicard posted:

In my experience it's usually one of give your managers authority to do their job or fire them

That Old Ganon posted:

My job (like, the three salaried people) has sensed our (the hourlies) disgruntlement and maybe caught wind we're trying to organize. What did they do? Give us a raise? A placating bonus?

No, they mega pizza-partied us and threw an "Employee Appreciation Fair," with a dunk tank and face painting or some poo poo.

That Old Ganon posted:

Other than pay us more, of course

quote:

You know, economists tell us that your automobile should not cost more than half of your annual income. So
if you make an income of five thousand dollars, your car shouldn't cost more than about twenty-five hundred.
That's just good economics. And if it's a family of two, and both members of the family make ten thousand
dollars, they would have to make out with one car. That would be good economics, although it's often
inconvenient. But so often, haven't you seen people making five thousand dollars a year and driving a car
that costs six thousand? And they wonder why their ends never meet. [laughter] That's a fact.

Now the economists also say that your house shouldn't cost—if you're buying a house, it shouldn't cost more
than twice your income. That's based on the economy and how you would make ends meet. So, if you have
an income of five thousand dollars, it's kind of difficult in this society. But say it's a family with an income of
ten thousand dollars, the house shouldn't cost much more than twenty thousand. Well, I've seen folk making
ten thousand dollars, living in a forty- and fifty-thousand-dollar house. And you know they just barely make it.
They get a check every month somewhere, and they owe all of that out before it comes in. Never have
anything to put away for rainy days.

But now the problem is, it is the drum major instinct. And you know, you see people over and over again with
the drum major instinct taking them over. And they just live their lives trying to outdo the Joneses. (Amen)
They got to get this coat because this particular coat is a little better and a little better-looking than Mary's
coat. And I got to drive this car because it's something about this car that makes my car a little better than
my neighbor's car. (Amen) I know a man who used to live in a thirty-five-thousand-dollar house. And other
people started building thirty-five-thousand-dollar houses, so he built a seventy-five-thousand-dollar house.
And then somebody else built a seventy-five-thousand-dollar house, and he built a hundred-thousand-dollar
house. And I don't know where he's going to end up if he's going to live his life trying to keep up with the
Joneses

Spatial posted:

3.5x is straight up the law here in Ireland. To buy an apartment in a city you need to be earning over 70K.

But don't worry. If you can't afford that you can simply rent! (For more than double what the mortage would cost per month lmao good luck saving)