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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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I suspect that 60% is gonna grow to a 90% rapidly in the coming years.
Obviously, we aren't giving billionaires enough wealth to create jobs.
Yeah, and besides that, they're smarter and more innovative and creative than the rest of us. So, either way, they deserve it.
Without them we could end up with socialism where people might even have democratic control over their workplaces. And of course that would be much worse. For instance, cooperatives are only better in theory, wait, and in practice...
https://www.oliverwyman.com/our-expertise/insights/2018/aug/why-the-us-needs-more-worker-owned-companies.html
We only need to organize twelve million Americans to counter this.
Sadly, we'll need to organize twelve million Americans to counter this.
The No Kings march managed to bring up 8 million, though! We can do this.
Here's hoping! Getting the unruly mobs out for a visibility rally is a first step. We also need to get everyone to agree on a manifesto by which to make our demands, and that means getting a bunch of legal experts to create a charter.
Definitely beyond my pay grade.
I did already write a manifesto, actually. I think it was written before Trump, but it outlined some non-negotiable demands and some negotiable ones, though I also added a lot more that seem ridiculous. Because a good way to negotiate is to give ridiculous demands so the other will be more inclined to agree to the less ridiculous (which was what you ideally wanted anyways)