Badass_panda

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[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take the time to give that information, briefly but politely. It won't burn bridges and it's helpful for leadership to know.

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not the way their business works... I think that franchising is an innately predatory business model and in need of severe legal reform. Let's not ask McD to do it, let's make them

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (5 children)

In this case, the franchisees (small business owners) are saying the big business (McDonalds, which makes its money off of real estate and franchise fees) is going to be fine but they (the people that make money from owning a restaurant) are in trouble.

For many of them, it's true; they didn't consider whether they could open this business if they had to pay a living wage. Unfortunately, that's not our problem, but it won't be a problem for McDonalds either.

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No... generally, it is the salary of the lowest paid worker

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm OK with that, the housing market is in a giant bubble and it needs to crash. I say that as someone who bought a house at the lowest price point right at the start of the pandemic, combined with an incredibly low interest rate. Theoretically my home is worth almost 50% more now, 4 years later.

Thaaaaat's a bubble.

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Some people think if you hate the same people hard enough, you're on the same side -- and the Proud Boys were happy to have someone brown as their front guy for a while there. "See? It's about values!"

The reality is that plenty of them hate his guts for not being white, I remember these guys split into two factions a while back based ok whether they would accept brown people who hated other brown people hard enough or not.

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In fairness to France, weren't they kicked out of Haiti like 198 years ago? That feels like asking Spain to intervene to stabilize the Venezualan economy.

Not being facetious, genuinely curious what I'm missing.