You got one too you better go talk to 'em, it wasn’t me though I swear

When did I say they weren’t lol

Awwwwww!

Are all the capitalists afraid of some friendly capitalist competition!?

32 HOUR WORK WEEK

32 HOUR

I cant stress this enough. Fuck 4x10s.

Gov’t should seize this website, make it a public utility, and put musk in prison.

Very good.

Lock this fucker up and throw away the key.

Close, but incorrect.

The prophet Muhammad married his wife Aisha when she was 6 years old.

He started raping her when she was 9. They call it “consummation”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha

Why do they always have to attack random innocent people? Can the crazies go after some billionaires for a change?

Can’t read the article without registering.

Billionaires need more tax breaks and more yachts. Nothing to see here.

Knock these things down and plant trees and stuff.

While we’re at it knock all the corporate 9to5 office work buildings where all the employees can work from home and plant trees and stuff there too.

Trees and ponds and natural parks and shit, hiking trails…etc.

The downvotes are meh, I’ve made similar comments that got more upvoted. Lemmy is a fickle beast and probably depends on the crowd at the time and their mood or the article or whatever.

You’re correct, I was not saying this is good by any means. I want the profit motive removed from everything healthcare related. I was just giving an exaggerated simple example of how the capitalist profit motive could (and arguably does) work in some instances.

We can speculate very easily.

There’s a trade-off, cost-benefit analysys. If a disease is so catastrophic that it kills everyone fast, well you’re not gonna make profit off them ever, because they die. Cure this one.

What about diseases that can be controlled somewhat, and only affect small amounts of the population? What if for them to stay alive they have to stay on a regular concoction of expensive pharmaceuticals either forever or for a long time? And they can still go to work? Why cure this, out of altruism? That’s not how capitalism works.

Let’s just say, for shits and giggles, we could cure immediately the common cold and mild influenza, forever. No more cough and cold over the counter medicine needed, much less pain and fever reducers. Local pharmacies don’t need to stock this stuff anymore. The companies that produce and sell these are all tied to wallstreet. Getting colds doesn’t stop you from working (or buying/consuming). Shit, I work with “men” who are “tough” who never call out of work sick because “I’m not a pussy” (cultural hardwork ethic propaganda nonsense).

Etc., etc. You get my point.

If there’s profit to be made treating HIV/AIDS symptoms without curing, the profit motive health industry won’t like this. Solve the problem, their profits go away.

It’s not just “biden being biden” by a longshot. He is 81 and significantly worse.

We are rightly worried he’s going to lose against trump.

I dont think it’s quite the same thing though. US contractors won’t be fighting, I think they’ll just be maintaining and repairing equipment.

Yep I was being dumb playing it safe behind the gravestones. Soon as I went up close got him on 2nd try

Lol thanks, so easy. My dumbass kept trying to play it safe hiding behind Graves to block. As soon as I went up close I got him 2nd try with ruins greatsword.

Yeah, I agree with the sentiment, but I feel like the methods are pointless and even might have a reverse effect. Doing this does nothing really to help the cause, imo. Any minimal publicity it gets, I feel, just invigorates the right leaning conservatives to have more fuel to hate “the left” and “liberals”. I just don’t see any benefit to these types of stunts.

See? Trickle down economics really works! The wealthy trickle down $8 per day to their thankful employees for 18hr shifts! And don’t you dare say it’s slavery, you damn liberal! They’re getting paid and free to leave at any time! Slaves don’t get paid!