Alucard posted:

$20,000 to the housekeeping agency
$15,000 to the housekeeper
$40,000 in hush money for the illegitimate child

Friedrich Engels posted:

The implications of this line of thought are that since it is precisely the poor who are the surplus, nothing should be done for them except to make their dying of starvation as easy as possible, and to convince them that it cannot be helped and that there is no other salvation for their whole class than keeping propagation down to the absolute minimum. Or if this proves impossible, then it is after all better to establish a state institution for the painless killing of the children of the poor, such as “Marcus” has suggested, whereby each working-class family would be allowed to have two and a half children, any excess being painlessly killed. Charity is to be considered a crime, since it supports the augmentation of the surplus population. Indeed, it will be very advantageous to declare poverty a crime and to turn poor-houses into prisons, as has already happened in England as a result of the new “liberal” Poor Law. Admittedly it is true that this theory ill conforms with the Bible’s doctrine of the perfection of God and of His creation; but “it is a poor refutation to enlist the Bible against facts.”

Am I to go on any longer elaborating this vile, infamous theory, this hideous blasphemy against nature and mankind? Am I to pursue its consequences any further? Here at last we have the immorality of the economist brought to its highest pitch. What are all the wars and horrors of the monopoly system compared with this theory! And it is just this theory which is the keystone of the liberal system of free trade, whose fall entails the downfall of the entire edifice. For if here competition is proved to be the cause of misery, poverty and crime, who then will still dare to speak up for it?

TheMostFrench posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EilSu70gfb0

D.Ork Bimboolean posted:

Just imagine the incredible stress-free powerhouse of a job if the government allowed companies to pay 0/hr and manage your life choices for you. The ultimate freedom.

The Bloop posted:

I had to go through it.

It's a rite of passage.

Teaches you to want a real job.

Puts hair on your chest.

FYGM!

bob dobbs is dead posted:

they said that hundreds of times over the years and were right like 20, 30% of the time. temporary declines, tho.

bob dobbs is dead posted:

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1510/class-struggle

it's dog shite

the essence of a modern german-style board game is an inherent system of levelling in the game mechanics, to make it more fun. not compatible with showing you unfairness

please knock Mom! posted:

Wir Sind Das Volk! is a great one

Shima Honnou posted:

It owns that it's an objective good to kill as many cows as possible.

AgentF posted:

What's the bite sized media-friendly response to that phrase?

Frog Act posted:

a recent Chapo episode they talked about how the running joke that most vociferous conservatives own some kind of incredibly stupid luxury business like wainscotting trim repair or boat waxing or something generally characterized by being a service used by only a very small and comparatively wealthy portion of even the US, much less the world, population. your post made me think about that because its absolutely true for most conservatives I know in real life who are often contractors and are thus often (mostly even) directly contracted by individuals with money to burn in the housing market for the better part of their business. this gives them an incredibly hosed up and distorted perspective on the nature of contracts, consent, and wealth, and because they're usually pieces of poo poo, they don't empathize enough with their own employees to see how that dynamic breaks down immediately beneath the owner-client level. they just extend this dumbass logic to all business in the same way many people talk about the national debt like a household budget because inaccurate extrapolations of personal anecdotes are basically the core tenet of modern conservatism

pushpins posted:

Thanks for the link. I hate Undercover Boss more then anything else in entire world. Do they mention that guy who got fired runs a Tilted Kilt now?

The Puppet Master posted:

Dead Beef posted:

I was told to expect a 10% raise this year, but got 1.5% instead even though profits are way up. This is the third year in a row... my rent is going up too, gently caress... I'm never going to not be in debt.

I told our boss it feels like a slap in the face, then I was reminded that our company has a strict policy not to discuss salary, raises, or bonuses, so I shouldn't bring it up again.

Platystemon posted:

State religion.

Jerry Cotton posted:

Business owners are an anathema to good business

Easy Diff posted:

waiting for the one who decides to rob a church collection box before having second thoughts at the last minute. Once that happens, I can die of irony.

mlmp08 posted:

One girl got caught taking bathroom breaks during class with a teacher who didn’t partake and there was a loving town hall hearing over whether to fine her or ban her from “market day” next go-around.

At first the teacher was kind of annoyed that we were like “whatever” and were going to give a verbal warning or fine the equivalent of a fake quarter. So the teacher amped up the dishonesty of it and watched the class start going full fash until at the end it was the teacher vetoing the absurdly harsh punishments and Scarlett Letter poo poo the class started endorsing.

It did not help that the class was probably 85% white and this girl was Indian American. Pretty sure her ending up in tears and her dad, a professor at Purdue University, flipping poo poo are part of what ended the whole thing early.

we were all dumb 5th graders and it’s not like I was the wise sage in the room, but the whole thing was not fun after that loving “hearing.” I think her dad reached out to other parents, because I got a lecture from my mom about what little cretins we collectively were to her that week.

Taintrunner posted:

https://twitter.com/SHAQ/status/1096241175839821824

Captain Billy Pissboy posted:

I almost wish I was in marketing just to see what kind of crazy poo poo I could get away with.

"What if uhhh... we said Subway was the victim of a hate crime?"

T-man posted:

Mark Fisher was right to hang himself, as well as about most everything else. We're all hosed, thanks for showing me the light steak-ums. God is dead, and the only thing to replace it is brands.