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I don’t believe it’s just greed, I believe it’s unchecked stupidity.

I’m sitting here having a coffee at work (12-hour shift on a Sunday, I’m over it), and gave some thought to a lot of the common themes on here (low pay, unreal expectations etc) and I think someone probably smarter than me can explain what the hell is the end-game? I mean if you think about it, there’s the employer wants: ALL the productivity ALL the profits Pay as little as possible If it’s in their (company’s) best interests and they think they can get away with it, they’ll try. There’s more I’m missing but those would’ve been in the top 5 I think. Then I thought about where that leads, and it only seems to end in everything drying up (and I’m going to future extremes here): The trend of paying less but expecting more, no one has enough to afford to go to work let alone buy any…


I’m sitting here having a coffee at work (12-hour shift on a Sunday, I’m over it), and gave some thought to a lot of the common themes on here (low pay, unreal expectations etc) and I think someone probably smarter than me can explain what the hell is the end-game?

I mean if you think about it, there’s the employer wants:

  • ALL the productivity
  • ALL the profits
  • Pay as little as possible
  • If it’s in their (company’s) best interests and they think they can get away with it, they’ll try. There’s more I’m missing but those would’ve been in the top 5 I think.

Then I thought about where that leads, and it only seems to end in everything drying up (and I’m going to future extremes here):

  • The trend of paying less but expecting more, no one has enough to afford to go to work let alone buy any of the products they’re selling. End result: No customers

  • Buy all the businesses/utilities so customers HAVE to use your services, until they can’t afford them and then you have a depreciating tax write off.

  • Maintain things that (wealthier) people have/want, less people can either afford or want to do the work unless they charge the absolute arse-end out of it.

I mean, I don’t see it as sustainable unless I’m missing something. I just can’t see some conspiracy of making people into servants or universally poor I just see a bunch of wankers making really short-sighted and poor decisions that just evolve in stupidity. And that just leads to shooting themselves in the foot with a tank cannon.

Like i said; I’m sure I’m missing something and someone much more perceptive can explain it.

Well back to the grind.

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