Comment by AussieWog93 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by AussieWog93 | Hacker News Reader

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>so is part of your business model buying games from charity shops that were donated by the propertied class, for working class people, and selling those on eBay?

No I don't, because this is a very labour-intensive way of sourcing stock. Mostly we'll buy bulk lots (some working, some faulty, some untested), refurb what needs refurbing, bundle to create greater-than-sum-of-parts listings and sell individually through custom scripts what can be sold efficiently this way.

>finding ever-newer ways of cheating each other and gaining an 'advantage' on others.

I don't spend a single second of my day thinking about how to fuck over my customers. On the flip side, I am ears-to-the-fucking-ground aware of what they want and constantly trying to come up with more efficient ways to deliver this.

>fuck capitalism

I'm not going to say it has its flaws, but a business that creates zero externalities, spends $0 on lobbying, creates well-paid jobs (OK, just one right now, but we're looking to hire another couple of people this year) and makes thousands of customers happy every year doesn't seem like a good example of why the system doesn't work.

> No I don't, because this is a very labour-intensive way of sourcing stock.

fair enough. i recently saw some TV program where an 'entrepreneur' did stuff like that and it annoyed the heck out of me.

ah there's a bit of miscommunication on my part; that second part of my comment was and less about you and more me ranting about what i'm seeing in the system as a whole.

>ah there's a bit of miscommunication on my part; that second part of my comment was and less about you and more me ranting about what i'm seeing in the system as a whole.

I understand that, but I don't think this was the right time launch into such a rant.

(Also, just as a general rebuttal, I think many modern Marxists fail to acknowledge how class dynamics have changed since the 1800s.

There's no acknowledgement of the tension between the managerial classes and the people doing the actual labour - something which David Graeber explains brilliantly - and instead an immense focus on control of the worker via control of the means of production.

Access to the means of production is ridiculously democratised now. You can look at my HN profile for a concrete example, but I, as a single 22 year-old from Australia, was able to design, manufacture and distribute a product globally, through cutting-edge logistics networks, without putting a cent of my own capital on the line.

For the average worker, who is more often than not employed in a service role, a similar dynamic applied. All a skilled plumber, electrician or cleaner needs to start their own business now is a Facebook account, some tools and a van.)

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