cyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoAustralia: "Our society has dealt with significant advances in technology and productivity before and the lesson is that those gains must be reflected in wages, or the social contract will break"www.ragtrader.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down10cross-posted to: unionsiwwunion
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkAustralia: "Our society has dealt with significant advances in technology and productivity before and the lesson is that those gains must be reflected in wages, or the social contract will break"www.ragtrader.com.aucyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: unionsiwwunion
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·3 months agoThat’s the fun bit - corporations are so short-sighted they don’t care if the social contract falls apart. They can’t see beyond next quarter.
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months agoThe social contract is already beginning to crumble, at least in the US. Insatiable greed knows no bounds in these parts, and them assholes are gonna fuck around until they find out.
minus-squareWastingCommentSpace@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoThey wont find out. Even when we are homeless we will gaslight ourselves into thinking we can be rich. Its all we americans know. RUN. FLEE. ESCAPE THIS PLANET BEFORE WE CONSUME EVERYTHING.
That’s the fun bit - corporations are so short-sighted they don’t care if the social contract falls apart. They can’t see beyond next quarter.
The social contract is already beginning to crumble, at least in the US. Insatiable greed knows no bounds in these parts, and them assholes are gonna fuck around until they find out.
They wont find out. Even when we are homeless we will gaslight ourselves into thinking we can be rich. Its all we americans know.
RUN. FLEE. ESCAPE THIS PLANET BEFORE WE CONSUME EVERYTHING.