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>This is more or less an editorial trying to get tech workers to think about implications, presumably to make them susceptible to politization so they can be more manipulated by news.

So you'd rather have an uninformed tech job force with no opinions, just walk into a private government every day which strips every right you have along with having absolutely no morals or ethics so you can live in a 34th story downtown penthouse with a mini australian shepherd and a Tesla?

You realize the tech workers literally do all of the tech work, which actually makes the company run and function, right? Why should they just be drones with no say?

This is exactly the problem. Do we just do this solely for money? Maybe the world would be a better place if workers had a say instead of shareholders and executives who are only in their positions to make extraordinary amounts of money in absolutely any way, morals & ethics often aside.

>One of the most heinous weapons every deployed on Earth likely saved a net million-plus lives.

It's really an argument that can't be made because the other event never happened. The weapon killed people, that's it. I don't know if there's a moral side at all?

Get your dirty socialism out of here./s

It still exists in extremely large numbers, so it's not 'overused rhetoric'. Please don't dismiss an extremely large issue as 'rhetoric'.

Half of the worlds population lives in poverty, and ~650m live in extreme poverty [1][2].

[1] https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-global-p...

[2] https://worldpoverty.io/

It's been pointed out that the Bloomberg story was possibly a failed attempt at propaganda during a trade war with China.

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They don't have stocks and probably not much of a retirement. Those things are reserved for the already wealthy.

http://time.com/money/5054009/stock-ownership-10-percent-ric...

Per Congressional Research Service, real wages have been flat or declined since 1979 for all but the rich [1]. No 'clickbait titles'.

[1] https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45090.pdf

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit Of Happiness*

*As long as you can afford it.

I think the ignorance is on you for not knowing the USA & allies version of Capitalism has killed far more people since WW2 than Stalin could've ever dreamed of, most of those wars unjustified and based on lies. Now add in poverty, drug addiction, preventable deaths from lack of health insurance, slave trade in Libya, refugees from wars we created, etc. This is far more destructive, but it's ok to not criticize it because you probably live cozy.

>In this nasty capitalism you can at least have hope, in soviet union there was no hope.

Any evidence to back either of these claims up?

Me too! I think it's an error :)

Thanks to Capitalism, those people were put into extreme poverty in the first place. How many millions need to continue dying from poverty, war, and poor hygiene for Capitalism to get the same nonsense thrown at it? It's only $30 billion a year to end world hunger, but world capitalism won't step up to the plate, instead spending it on new military toys to bomb those people in extreme poverty. How much food is wasted on top of that?

http://www.fao.org/NEWSROOM/en/news/2008/1000853/index.html

This article paints an entirely bad picture of Soviet Russia working conditions without going into the improvements they made over time. Working hours were not all that much different than modern USA, however they seemingly had better benefits.

https://nintil.com/2016/04/03/the-soviet-union-working-hours...

>Then, in 1961-1967, they switched to 5 days per week, 8 hours per day, which finally gave the Soviets a real weekend, like those in the West.

>In 1987, the maximum number of hours was limited to 40 per week, with more in some sectors (agriculture, construction, transport), and less in others (education, art and culture, or coal mining)

>Soviets had 15 minimum days of paid holidays per week by then and 75% of workers had more than that. Workers younger than 18 were entitled to twice that. Working mothers with more than two children and less than 28 days of holidays per year, had three more days of holidays. Additionally, women had partial paid leave for infant care (<1 year), and they could take additional unpaid leave (<18 months)

I highly recommend Noam Chomsky's 'Manufacturing Consent' for a good look at the United States propaganda model and how big newspapers play a very large role in forming the public's opinion on both domestic & foreign issues.

Mostly all of the hits you take at China can also be said about the United States business, employer, & employee atmosphere. It's just everyday global unchecked Capitalism. Wait until we see the effects of the new Supreme Court heading into a new Lochner Era.

Chomsky points out that going to work in America is akin to walking into a Communist Dictatorship where you lose all of your rights [1].

[1] https://taibbi.substack.com/p/preface-an-interview-with-noam...

Legal Medical Cannabis mixed with mindfulness anxiety techniques from my therapist has worked wonders for my panic disorder. I am completely free of Benzos and Antidepressants and have been for 2 years now.

There still is no real wage growth [1]. Low unemployment should allow workers to bargain, but it's not happening.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/10/america-w...

Don't make any mistake, the middle class still isn't getting any gains.

>Education - stop letting 18 year olds take out $200k in loans for poetry degrees.

This sounds like government regulation?

>Housing - build more and higher density.

How do you account for the fact that not really anybody is making housing for the poor or low income, affordable housing because it's not profitable? There's plenty of demand, but extremely low supply. Would that be accomplished with government regulation and subsidies?

>Healthcare - price transparency and make it easier to shop around. Incentivize frugality.

Richest country on Earth ever, and we need to be frugal and maybe skip our insulin prescription this month.

I don't think Government is the problem, the extreme want for extraordinary wealth and power created by this system of unchecked runaway Capitalism and that very influence of corruption on almost every representative is the problem.

That was clearly stated in the article I read.

>Laid out in a New York Times column Friday, Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, has proposed a series of 10 principals that, should his party reclaim control of the House of Representatives, he hopes to pass next year in the form of law.

The proletariat did not disappear, it didn't go anywhere. The working class does not own the means of production, and gig economy workers do not own their means of production either. The majority of the country are wage slave proletariat.

We should absolutely not be subsidizing multi-billion dollar companies like this when they have the ability to provide a living wage.

That article has nothing to do with what you said at all.

Safeco Field is where this comment stemmed from. Hundred million dollar _public money_ handout to a stadium. We have plenty of money for that, but not the homeless, drug problems, or public transit. Now we have NHL I'm sure Jenny Durkan & City Council will just bend the knee to with multi million dollar renovations to Key Arena.

Lets see how many Democrats actually sign onto Ro Khanna's bill. I bet it won't be many unfortunately.

I bet there's plenty of public money and quick decisions for SPORTS TEAMS though!

Sounds pretty normal, but when you attack Elon in any way, the former cryptocurrency now-tesla/spacex shareholders lose their tempers as if it's unfair.

Russia gave me cold and made me miss 2 days of work :<. It's definitely something they'd do.

I'm going to go with "in 2018, both Android and iPhone are perfectly usable and fast at everyday tasks".