Author: Olivia

Obligatory statements: first post on reddit, and on mobile so things might be junk. I've only just realized after several months just how much one of my recent jobs took advantage of me. I was in my first year of college and we were in the midst of covid and since I had been displaced from the dorms I needed to find a job to be able to afford to stay in an apartment. I got a job as a cashier/food prep worker for minimum wage + tips. Now this should have been the first red flag, both a cashier and food prep? However I was a dumb kid and this job was one of the first that actually got back to me about my application. Second red flag? I was asked to come in for training literally the night that I got the phone interview. I was just happy…

Let’s propose we start a small city. Three problems to overcome. 1-energy. 2-food. 3-waste. Solution to problem number one. Fully autonomous nuclear reactor to power the city. The fully autonomous nuclear reactor would be ran by Boston dynamics style robots. The robots would be (I’ll propose a statistic) 90% self maintained. Solution to problem two. Robotic farms could account for most of farm labor. Farming is largely timing and equipment. The Boston dynamics style robots can run heavy machinery and perhaps even export crops in order to trade for more variety in the food. Solution number three. I’ve been making this post up on the fly, as I go. I will probably edit it when I proof read it so, create small waste treatment plants, ONCE AGAIN ran by robots.

Is there anything we can do? We worked for a hotel and together we submitted individual wage claims to CA Labor Board. We then sent our former employer a letter informing them of our claims (all combined in one to show a united front). Our group is comprised of former employees, but we are still friends with current employees. The wage claims are for missed lunches, breaks, no paid OT. Two of these current employees told us that the employer called them into a meeting and asked them to write a statement that would provide a contradiction to our claim, but they are asking them to lie. These employees are legit scared. When I asked them if they were going to go along with what the employer asked them to do, they said they couldn’t see another way. Is there anything we can do, legally? I feel like our hands…

In America, we portray the politically influential rich elite in other countries, especially Russia, as oligarchs who nefariously work to deprive their fellow countrymen through their connections and their wealth. How are Bezos, Musk, etc. functionally any different, and why should we treat them any differently?

These things are built already. Lets just live in them.