OK, so here's a video that you really DO want to see -- and we PROMISE there's no Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh or even My Little Ponies hidden in there -- just a short clip from a TED talk by researcher Frans de Waal.
Strictly speaking, that's not Calvinism. Calvinism is much worse: you are selected by God ahead of time for either Heaven or Hell. Nothing you can do in your life will have any effect on your eventual outcome, but you should still try to be good, just because.
I don't find it necessarily "depressing". This is what unions are for. If all we've got left are a thin layer of high-end design and sales and marketing jobs, and a whole lot of service jobs, then the service jobs need to be paid better.
This isn't charity, it's rudimentary macroeconomics. There has to be massive consumer spending to fuel the economy. Most of it has to come from tens of millions of ordinary people. How the fuck could the Waltons spend the hundreds of billions per year that would be their share of the GDP? Shit just isn't that expensive.
The only thing that can fuel the economy is spending by regular folks. And to do that, they have to have livable incomes.
You mean Facebook <i>won&#039;t</i> save the dolphins??II??11???
And obvs, 20 hours a week is halftime, so that&#039;s why McDonalds and BofA assume their workers love their jerbs so much they have two of <a href="http:\/\/www.progressillinois.com\/quick-hits\/content\/2013\/07\/18\/mcdonalds-financial-planning-site-doesnt-add-video" target="_blank">them</a> .
In particular, why should society tolerate companies padding their profits (and C-suite salaries) by paying their workers so little they depend on public assistance to make ends meet? It&#039;s perverse.
Strictly speaking, that&#039;s not Calvinism. Calvinism is much worse: you are selected by God ahead of time for either Heaven or Hell. Nothing you can do in your life will have any effect on your eventual outcome, but you should still try to be good, just because.
I don&#039;t find it necessarily &quot;depressing&quot;. This is what unions are for. If all we&#039;ve got left are a thin layer of high-end design and sales and marketing jobs, and a whole lot of service jobs, then the service jobs need to be paid better.
This isn&#039;t charity, it&#039;s rudimentary macroeconomics. There has to be massive consumer spending to fuel the economy. Most of it has to come from tens of millions of ordinary people. How the fuck could the Waltons spend the hundreds of billions per year that would be their share of the GDP? Shit just isn&#039;t that expensive.
The only thing that can fuel the economy is spending by regular folks. And to do that, they have to have livable incomes.
But I repeat myself.
<a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=1ocmdiAaOJE" target="_blank">Help me Dr Zaius</a>
We *should be* better than that. We absolutely aren&#039;t, but we should be.
I&#039;d take one McWorker over 1000 Romneys any day of the week (also, too with fries and a milkshake)
HAHAHAHAHA i have TWO college degrees and can&#039;t get ANY job.
i wish i was making that up.
only we can throw bigger things than cucumber slices.
You mean Facebook <i>won&#039;t</i> save the dolphins??II??11???
And obvs, 20 hours a week is halftime, so that&#039;s why McDonalds and BofA assume their workers love their jerbs so much they have two of <a href="http:\/\/www.progressillinois.com\/quick-hits\/content\/2013\/07\/18\/mcdonalds-financial-planning-site-doesnt-add-video" target="_blank">them</a> .
Bavarian Monkey Works
KONY 2012!!!1!1!
This is how Caesar got his start- rise of the fast food workers
I WANT MY PURINA MONKEY CHOW!
<blockquote>(On the upside, fast food workers are far less likely to be dissected at the end of the work week.)</blockquote>
... as far as we know.
In particular, why should society tolerate companies padding their profits (and C-suite salaries) by paying their workers so little they depend on public assistance to make ends meet? It&#039;s perverse.
...I like lab animals, they taste good
And that&#039;s why I believe in the labor theory of value.