Agent_of_Kayos

I believe that it may have been released from the Wuhan lab inadvertently. And I'm downvoting you

Because when you first brought up the Wuhan lab it was as a rebuttal to somebody talking about the conspiracy theory that it was a bioweapon engineered to eliminate conservatives. So while you may be right about it's origins, it makes it seem like you are trying to defend that conspiracy theory, whether you actually are or not

What is this comment even supposed to prove??

We're talking about how there's a major gap in the finances of corporate execs, meanwhile the people that they make their money off the backs of are going to not have enough money themselves for life in general.

And your only argument is "people elsewhere have it worse." That's a non-argument. It may be true but contributes nothing meaningful to the conversation so please find a reason that this comment or having a job and not being able to afford life when/if they have to stop working is a good thing like you seem to be implying

Freedom isn't free. And the price tag has been increasing so fast

"Someone complained 3 weeks ago so we're just checking it out"

As I'm known for saying in my friend group....

Yay capitalism

Prisons (at least in the US) have never been about prisoners and their reform. It's about how much money they can bring in from the state and practically free labor. Like most things in the US it is driving by profit margins.

....yay capitalism

Also, in my mind, death is a release. Keep those fuckers stuck in their filty meat suits while they rot in prison for the rest of their lives with no hope for escape. The especially heinous ones will get extra comeuppance from the other inmates

In a perfect world/scenario.....which would never happen....

If urban centers immediately dropped their reliance on cars and individual transport systems, then there would be more gas to go to rural centers where individual transportation makes more sense (going to the store) or is mandatory (farm and other industrial equipment) making prices drop for rural gas and urban center be more self sufficient and environmentally friendly.

.....one can dream

A percentage of people will, like they always do. My pessimistic view is that we just need to see how bad it gets before the pendulum starts swinging back the other way

Yeah...being a programmer, it doesn't matter if WFH structure falls because around the same time most technology might fall. We just gotta hope that it's multi-decades away at this point

I think that's exactly it. I don't know for sure, but these numbers may be average wages. And if that's the case, having the top % or earners earn more while the bottome stays the same would still increase the average And would increase the divide between the top earners and bottom earners

Huzzah for our current system of capitalism that insists a company is only doing good if each quarter has record profits. What's bad with doing "good enough?"