You’d be surprised. My dad once complained about “the top 10%, the billionaires” and I had to I’ve inform him that based on wealth and income, he’s the top 10% just being middle class, and the billionaires basically don’t even show up as a percentage because there’s only like a thousand in the entire world. Most people do not understand how any of this works and do not have even a basic understanding of how any of these people got wealthy in the first place.
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markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•We Desperately Need Maximum Wage Laws215·21 hours agoThis is a stupid idea. The ultra wealthy make a tiny portion of their income through wages- that’s kind of the entire point and problem of capitalism. It is ownership of capital that drives the income of the ultra wealthy. Jeff Bezos’s salary from Amazon is only $80,000 per year, and he is one of the richest people on Earth. Maximum wage laws only hurt workers, while not impacting the ultra wealthy at all. When you see the giant compensation packages of CEO, very little of that is actually in wages. It’s in stock in the company, and other non-cash benefits. Even if you restrict this practice, that wouldn’t have done anything to prevent the wealthiest people on Earth from getting where they are since they are all founders or descendants of founders. I can’t think of a single billionaire who got there from wages or any kind of compensation working for someone else- it’s all ownership of capital.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike152·21 hours agoWhat is the point if scheduling a strike so far in advance? Also, aren’t UAW leadership aligned with Trump?
Nah a lot of racists are super anti Israel because they hate Jews.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto Hardware@lemmy.world•Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcementEnglish14·3 days agoI lived in an apartment once a few years ago and my neighbor pointed one of these things right at my front door. I complained to the landlord but they said it was completely allowed. I was pissed because you could see well into my apartment when I opened my door and there was nothing I could do about it. I wasn’t doing anything illegal, I just feel like it’s completely reasonable to not want someone else pointing a camera right at your front door only a few feet away.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Giving up my safe governmental 7-3 office job?2·3 days agoOvertime can easily make up for lower base pay, as long as you like working more. Idk how it is in your country but good pay increases are also way easier to get in corporate jobs than government ones in the US. Another thing to consider- non salary benefits. In the US these are a big deal, not sure about your country. This would include retirement fund contributions, health insurance (probably not as big of a deal outside the US), dental/vision insurance, and any other perks of being an employee of the government. In the US these are usually a lot better for government jobs than most corporate jobs, but salary is lower. If you’re not nearing retirement age, I’d recommend it but with the caveat that my experience is only in the US which has a really messed up system.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's a subject you (think) you know more about than the average Lemmy user?2·3 days agoChemistry, physics, engineering, safety systems, and AI.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•I'm not paying $8 for a pack of Skittles21·3 days agoThat’s not my problem. If the Free Market™ works then prices will settle out where they need to so that I don’t have yo bring my own snacks and they don’t have to overcharge for them. Otherwise, the Free Market™ doesn’t actually work and they can get fucked anyway.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•MTG fumes that Republicans are ‘doing nothing’ to tackle high food prices as shutdown rumbles on1·4 days agoAgain, that is completely aligned with her principles displayed so far. She thinks he’s a messianic figure who fights the depe state from the shadows. I’m not saying it’s right or smart, but it’s consistent.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•MTG fumes that Republicans are ‘doing nothing’ to tackle high food prices as shutdown rumbles on6·4 days agoIdk. She hasn’t done anything nearly as grifter-y as a typical Republican, especially the QAnon type. She was into QAnon back when it was an obscure movement and hasn’t really grifted people with it through the usual currency exchange scams, crypto tokens, etc. I think she’s a true believer in her principles, it’s just that she’s an incredibly stupid and incompetent person and those principles are stupid as well. I don’t know if someone who is incredibly stupid and easily swayed who actually has principles is better or worse than someone who is actually competent but has no principles and is only driven by greed and personal gain.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•At Least 7 Airports Refuse To Broadcast DHS Video Blaming Democrats For Shutdown1·5 days agoI recently went to two different airports and didn’t see this at either. I think local airports are just ignoring this shit.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•New California law requires AI to tell you it’s AIEnglish4·6 days agoChatGPT doesn’t know its own guidelines because those aren’t even included in its training corpus. Never trust an LLM about how it works or how it “thinks” because fundamentally these answers are fake.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Republican? Democrat? There is a third option:3·6 days agogoatse.ru still gets you that good old school Internet shit though.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump51·6 days agoGiven the number of “coal miners for Trump” stickers I see driving around in coal country, good. Fuck em.
markovs_gun@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Trump’s new 100% tariffs on China triggered a $19 billion crypto sell-off1·9 days agoYou do realize that crypto isn’t the stock market and doesn’t require there to even be exchanges right?
The issue is that this is literally not a problem. It’s like deciding that the best course of action when you’re starving in the woods is to hunt and eat Bigfoot instead of foraging for food. It’s a waste of time and resources at best, and a distraction from real solutions at worse. Nobody in the history of the world has become ultra wealthy through high salary.